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 68137	8.5074	13h 56m 59s	+06° 34’ 28”
Star	HIP 68306	8.8314	13h 58m 56s	+07° 17’ 57”
Star	HIP 68228	7.2178	13h 58m 01s	+07° 27’ 48”
Star	HIP 68687	6.1574	14h 03m 36s	+07° 32’ 46”
Star	HIP 68484	8.8726	14h 01m 14s	+05° 58’ 12”
Star	HIP 68040	8.4694	13h 55m 53s	+07° 28’ 58”
Star	HIP 68780	7.8806	14h 04m 41s	+06° 59’ 54”
Star	HIP 68345	8.3954	13h 59m 25s	+05° 42’ 15”
Galaxy	NGC 5374	13.5	13h 57m 29s	+06° 05’ 52”
Galaxy	NGC 5382	13.5	13h 58m 15s	+06° 15’ 27”
Galaxy	NGC 5417	13.8	14h 02m 13s	+08° 02’ 14”
Galaxy	NGC 5386	13.9	13h 58m 22s	+06° 20’ 17”

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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