C/2020 Y2 (ATLAS) live position and data

This page shows Comet C/2020 Y2 (ATLAS) 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 Y2 (ATLAS) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 62300	8.196	12h 45m 58s	-20° 04’ 30”
Star	HIP 61867	7.9644	12h 40m 43s	-19° 43’ 40”
Star	HIP 62285	6.761	12h 45m 52s	-21° 46’ 05”
Star	HIP 61951	5.9962	12h 41m 49s	-19° 45’ 32”
Star	HIP 62264	7.5818	12h 45m 32s	-20° 08’ 44”
Star	HIP 62642	8.134	12h 50m 10s	-20° 21’ 56”
Star	HIP 61963	8.4294	12h 41m 54s	-21° 47’ 37”
Star	HIP 62337	8.9386	12h 46m 27s	-20° 50’ 52”
Star	HIP 61930	7.8688	12h 41m 30s	-20° 37’ 00”
Star	HIP 62369	8.6548	12h 46m 56s	-19° 56’ 08”
Star	HIP 62413	7.9086	12h 47m 26s	-21° 27’ 50”
Star	HIP 62568	8.5742	12h 49m 10s	-20° 36’ 29”
Star	HIP 62378	7.3828	12h 47m 03s	-22° 07’ 46”
Galaxy	ESO 574-29	13.7	12h 44m 51s	-20° 25’ 30”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet C/2020 Y2 (ATLAS)

• 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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