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 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 O2 (Amaral) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 88376	7.9748	18h 02m 47s	-01° 20’ 10”
Star	HIP 88609	8.4984	18h 05m 31s	-00° 01’ 20”
Star	HIP 88961	8.8132	18h 09m 32s	-00° 19’ 37”
Star	HIP 89038	8.0348	18h 10m 23s	+00° 32’ 36”
Star	HIP 88870	8.326	18h 08m 36s	+00° 42’ 58”
Star	HIP 89117	7.318	18h 11m 16s	-00° 39’ 32”
Star	HIP 88753	8.1642	18h 07m 06s	-01° 46’ 13”
Star	HIP 88667	8.9724	18h 06m 05s	-00° 21’ 31”
Star	HIP 88958	7.83	18h 09m 31s	+00° 23’ 29”
Star	HIP 88268	8.0386	18h 01m 31s	+00° 06’ 16”
Star	HIP 88671	6.2476	18h 06m 07s	-00° 26’ 45”
Star	HIP 88324	7.5706	18h 02m 17s	+00° 06’ 14”
Star	HIP 88833	7.9886	18h 07m 59s	-00° 47’ 16”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet C/2020 O2 (Amaral)

• 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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