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 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 S4 (PANSTARRS) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 13323	0	02h 51m 28s	-02° 23’ 22”
Star	HIP 13576	0	02h 54m 52s	-02° 18’ 55”
Star	HIP 13830	7.7104	02h 57m 59s	-02° 20’ 12”
Star	HIP 13951	5.5526	02h 59m 41s	-02° 27’ 53”
Star	HIP 14097	8.373	03h 01m 50s	-01° 09’ 45”
Star	HIP 14194	7.4646	03h 03m 01s	-02° 05’ 11”
Star	HIP 13478	7.3512	02h 53m 35s	-01° 38’ 27”
Star	HIP 14040	5.9492	03h 00m 50s	-02° 52’ 43”
Star	HIP 13582	7.6004	02h 54m 57s	-03° 18’ 24”
Star	HIP 13978	7.0206	03h 00m 03s	-01° 48’ 16”
Star	HIP 13874	5.2264	02h 58m 42s	-02° 46’ 57”
Star	HIP 13766	7.0546	02h 57m 10s	-00° 34’ 28”
Galaxy	IC 1870	13.1	02h 57m 53s	-02° 20’ 49”
Galaxy	NGC 1132	13.3	02h 52m 51s	-01° 16’ 32”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet C/2020 S4 (PANSTARRS)

• 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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