C/2020 S4 (PANSTARRS) live position and data

This page shows Comet C/2020 S4 (PANSTARRS) 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 S4 (PANSTARRS) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 50093	7.5384	10h 13m 42s	+26° 09’ 02”
Star	HIP 50052	8.2606	10h 13m 08s	+27° 25’ 11”
Star	HIP 49763	8.1462	10h 09m 30s	+27° 03’ 15”
Star	HIP 49993	8.5654	10h 12m 20s	+27° 06’ 13”
Star	HIP 50109	5.9672	10h 13m 49s	+27° 08’ 08”
Star	HIP 49597	8.2012	10h 07m 27s	+26° 47’ 01”
Star	HIP 49652	8.142	10h 08m 09s	+26° 47’ 55”
Star	HIP 50003	8.609	10h 12m 28s	+24° 53’ 39”
Star	HIP 49429	8.996	10h 05m 26s	+26° 29’ 16”

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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