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 29647	8.533	06h 14m 49s	-48° 24’ 35”
Star	HIP 29498	8.612	06h 12m 55s	-49° 03’ 17”
Star	HIP 29185	6.4446	06h 09m 23s	-49° 33’ 46”
Star	HIP 29596	8.7296	06h 14m 13s	-49° 48’ 56”
Star	HIP 30228	8.5572	06h 21m 35s	-49° 20’ 07”
Star	HIP 30345	8.649	06h 22m 58s	-49° 35’ 25”
Star	HIP 29915	8.7104	06h 17m 53s	-50° 30’ 38”
Star	HIP 29963	7.249	06h 18m 26s	-48° 02’ 19”
Star	HIP 29608	8.8638	06h 14m 21s	-49° 06’ 44”
Star	HIP 29990	6.9626	06h 18m 46s	-50° 21’ 32”
Star	HIP 29223	8.5446	06h 09m 42s	-49° 32’ 03”
Star	HIP 30104	6.5486	06h 20m 05s	-48° 44’ 25”
Star	HIP 29918	8.2826	06h 17m 54s	-49° 24’ 51”
Star	HIP 30325	7.9518	06h 22m 43s	-50° 06’ 05”
Star	HIP 30320	8.9302	06h 22m 37s	-48° 46’ 22”
Star	HIP 30132	6.688	06h 20m 26s	-49° 06’ 15”
Star	HIP 29946	8.3674	06h 18m 16s	-48° 41’ 56”
Star	HIP 29285	7.6064	06h 10m 27s	-48° 57’ 22”
Star	HIP 29107	7.932	06h 08m 18s	-49° 44’ 47”
Star	HIP 29494	8.987	06h 12m 54s	-49° 24’ 43”
Star	HIP 28962	7.1752	06h 06m 43s	-49° 13’ 20”
Star	HIP 30044	7.918	06h 19m 18s	-48° 24’ 32”

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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