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 84903	7.2796	17h 21m 05s	-27° 25’ 04”
Star	HIP 85318	7.5074	17h 26m 05s	-27° 35’ 58”
Star	HIP 85507	7.1558	17h 28m 27s	-29° 03’ 30”
Star	HIP 85174	8.0914	17h 24m 23s	-28° 39’ 11”
Star	HIP 85278	6.8022	17h 25m 29s	-29° 40’ 14”
Star	HIP 85320	7.7182	17h 26m 06s	-28° 32’ 35”
Star	HIP 84888	7.8282	17h 20m 54s	-27° 20’ 39”
Star	HIP 85453	8.0812	17h 27m 45s	-28° 21’ 31”
Star	HIP 85299	8.9698	17h 25m 51s	-28° 39’ 19”
Star	HIP 85456	8.9196	17h 27m 48s	-28° 10’ 15”
Star	HIP 85033	8.6804	17h 22m 46s	-27° 40’ 33”
Star	HIP 85084	5.147	17h 23m 21s	-28° 08’ 33”
Star	HIP 85442	5.99	17h 27m 37s	-29° 43’ 28”

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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