C/2020 M3 (ATLAS) live position and data

This page shows Comet C/2020 M3 (ATLAS) location and other relevant astronomical data in real time. The celestial coordinates, magnitude, distances and speed are updated in real time and are computed using high quality data sets provided by the JPL Horizons ephemeris service (see acknowledgements for details). The sky map shown below represents a rectangular portion of the sky 60x40 arcminutes wide. By comparison the diameter of the full Moon is about 30 arcmins, so the full horizontal extent of the map is approximately 2 full Moons wide. Depending on the device you are using, the map can be dragged horizondally or vertically using the mouse or touchscreen. The deep sky image in the background is provided by the Digitized Sky Survey (acknowledgements).

Current close conjunctions

List of bright objects (stars brighter than magnitude 9.0 and galaxies brighter than magmitude 14.0) close to Comet C/2020 M3 (ATLAS) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 41630	7.9658	08h 29m 13s	+38° 52’ 26”
Star	HIP 41272	8.9118	08h 25m 13s	+39° 14’ 26”
Star	HIP 40729	8.4392	08h 18m 46s	+39° 43’ 29”
Star	HIP 40939	8.9646	08h 21m 17s	+40° 11’ 06”
Star	HIP 41382	8.9502	08h 26m 32s	+39° 02’ 57”
Star	HIP 40928	8.9144	08h 21m 08s	+40° 20’ 54”
Star	HIP 41411	8.771	08h 26m 49s	+39° 00’ 47”
Star	HIP 41592	8.4456	08h 28m 44s	+39° 56’ 12”
Star	HIP 41768	7.0476	08h 31m 03s	+40° 03’ 20”
Star	HIP 41713	7.9984	08h 30m 23s	+39° 22’ 12”
Star	HIP 40936	7.9804	08h 21m 13s	+38° 52’ 42”
Star	HIP 40823	6.6512	08h 19m 55s	+39° 53’ 04”
Star	HIP 41165	8.978	08h 23m 55s	+38° 27’ 44”
Star	HIP 41056	7.116	08h 22m 38s	+40° 26’ 38”
Star	HIP 41141	8.3724	08h 23m 38s	+40° 40’ 30”
Star	HIP 41220	8.8206	08h 24m 38s	+39° 29’ 58”
Star	HIP 41406	6.9516	08h 26m 47s	+39° 53’ 32”
Star	HIP 41782	6.7084	08h 31m 10s	+40° 13’ 29”
Star	HIP 40788	7.4826	08h 19m 29s	+39° 35’ 43”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet C/2020 M3 (ATLAS)

• 15 Days Ephemerides
• Interactive Sky Map (Planetarium)
• Rise & Set Times
• Distance from Earth
• Light Curve
• Orbital Elements

Astronomy databases

This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services:

1. The Digitized Sky Survey, a photographic survey of the whole sky created using images from different telescopes, including the Oschin Schmidt Telescope on Palomar Mountain
2. The Hipparcos Star Catalogue, containing more than 100.000 bright stars
3. The PGC 2003 Catalogue, containing information about 1 million galaxies
4. The GSC 2.3 Catalogue, containing information about more than 2 billion stars and galaxies

Please see the acknowledgements section.

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