C/2020 S8 (Lemmon) live position and data

This page shows Comet C/2020 S8 (Lemmon) 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 S8 (Lemmon) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 72993	6.8238	14h 55m 01s	+14° 58’ 45”
Star	HIP 72814	7.0176	14h 52m 56s	+15° 07’ 56”
Star	HIP 73326	7.9076	14h 59m 02s	+15° 04’ 44”
Star	HIP 72846	6.453	14h 53m 23s	+15° 42’ 18”
Star	HIP 73593	6.9594	15h 02m 33s	+16° 03’ 17”
Star	HIP 73395	7.0934	14h 59m 57s	+14° 50’ 00”
Star	HIP 73087	5.9072	14h 56m 13s	+14° 26’ 46”
Star	HIP 73214	6.871	14h 57m 47s	+15° 03’ 31”
Star	HIP 72976	7.1132	14h 54m 49s	+15° 19’ 31”
Star	HIP 73721	8.8326	15h 04m 10s	+14° 45’ 29”
Star	HIP 73253	6.661	14h 58m 16s	+14° 02’ 15”
Star	HIP 73673	8.0654	15h 03m 34s	+15° 25’ 17”
Star	HIP 73574	8.0962	15h 02m 15s	+15° 05’ 05”
Star	HIP 73543	8.7238	15h 01m 52s	+15° 47’ 18”
Star	HIP 73482	8.1846	15h 01m 02s	+16° 09’ 33”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet C/2020 S8 (Lemmon)

• 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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