C/2020 O2 (Amaral) live position and data

This page shows Comet C/2020 O2 (Amaral) 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 in the background 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 O2 (Amaral) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 98070	0	19h 55m 52s	+51° 16’ 19”
Star	HIP 97782	8.4802	19h 52m 10s	+53° 13’ 35”
Star	HIP 97199	8.234	19h 45m 16s	+53° 04’ 09”
Star	HIP 98273	8.4664	19h 58m 03s	+53° 55’ 29”
Star	HIP 97773	8.0658	19h 52m 06s	+51° 59’ 42”
Star	HIP 98733	7.7524	20h 03m 13s	+52° 34’ 31”
Star	HIP 97503	7.0898	19h 49m 04s	+53° 46’ 02”
Star	HIP 98121	7.7908	19h 56m 31s	+53° 47’ 04”
Star	HIP 98379	6.1324	19h 59m 15s	+52° 03’ 20”
Star	HIP 98055	4.853	19h 55m 37s	+52° 26’ 20”
Star	HIP 97777	7.3764	19h 52m 08s	+52° 16’ 52”
Star	HIP 98424	7.093	19h 59m 53s	+52° 08’ 59”
Star	HIP 97635	4.891	19h 50m 37s	+52° 59’ 17”
Star	HIP 98491	8.6276	20h 00m 33s	+52° 45’ 11”
Star	HIP 97636	7.7048	19h 50m 38s	+53° 54’ 40”

Additional resources

• 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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