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 62323	0	12h 46m 18s	-41° 45’ 48”
Star	HIP 62580	6.7778	12h 49m 22s	-40° 46’ 31”
Star	HIP 62836	8.4878	12h 52m 34s	-40° 56’ 27”
Star	HIP 62843	8.4626	12h 52m 44s	-41° 11’ 04”
Star	HIP 62493	8.7198	12h 48m 22s	-43° 19’ 58”
Star	HIP 62155	8.0136	12h 44m 20s	-42° 04’ 47”
Star	HIP 62313	8.8824	12h 46m 05s	-42° 04’ 22”
Star	HIP 62086	7.0252	12h 43m 30s	-41° 19’ 18”
Star	HIP 62562	7.7756	12h 49m 07s	-42° 38’ 03”
Star	HIP 62532	8.9792	12h 48m 51s	-41° 04’ 05”
Star	HIP 62151	8.617	12h 44m 18s	-42° 47’ 24”
Star	HIP 62381	7.7402	12h 47m 03s	-43° 15’ 52”
Star	HIP 62242	8.6556	12h 45m 23s	-41° 21’ 56”
Star	HIP 62670	8.399	12h 50m 31s	-41° 41’ 46”
Galaxy	NGC 4696	11.2	12h 48m 49s	-41° 18’ 38”
Galaxy	ESO 323-34	12.8	12h 53m 25s	-41° 12’ 15”
Galaxy	NGC 4645	12.8	12h 44m 09s	-41° 45’ 01”
Galaxy	NGC 4729	13.4	12h 51m 46s	-41° 07’ 54”
Galaxy	ESO 323-19	13.5	12h 52m 03s	-41° 27’ 36”
Galaxy	NGC 4709	12.1	12h 50m 04s	-41° 22’ 55”
Galaxy	NGC 4743	13.4	12h 52m 15s	-41° 23’ 24”
Galaxy	NGC 4751	12.2	12h 52m 51s	-42° 39’ 34”
Galaxy	ESO 323-5	13.9	12h 50m 12s	-41° 30’ 55”
Galaxy	NGC 4730	13.7	12h 52m 00s	-41° 08’ 48”
Galaxy	NGC 4672	14.0	12h 46m 15s	-41° 42’ 23”
Galaxy	NGC 4681	13.5	12h 47m 29s	-43° 20’ 03”
Galaxy	NGC 4683	13.8	12h 47m 42s	-41° 31’ 40”
Galaxy	ESO 322-51	13.2	12h 40m 53s	-41° 36’ 21”
Galaxy	NGC 4706	13.8	12h 49m 53s	-41° 16’ 50”
Galaxy	NGC 4677	13.8	12h 46m 57s	-41° 34’ 59”
Galaxy	ESO 323-7	14.0	12h 50m 23s	-40° 50’ 43”
Galaxy	NGC 4650	12.7	12h 44m 20s	-40° 43’ 54”
Galaxy	NGC 4603	13.4	12h 40m 55s	-40° 58’ 32”
Galaxy	ESO 323-10	13.3	12h 50m 44s	-42° 32’ 54”
Galaxy	NGC 4744	13.6	12h 52m 19s	-41° 03’ 34”
Galaxy	ESO 322-75	13.8	12h 46m 25s	-40° 45’ 11”
Galaxy	ESO 323-32	13.7	12h 53m 19s	-41° 38’ 04”
Galaxy	NGC 4622	13.4	12h 42m 37s	-40° 44’ 38”
Galaxy	NGC 4696B	12.9	12h 47m 21s	-41° 14’ 16”
Galaxy	NGC 4696D	13.8	12h 48m 21s	-41° 42’ 51”
Galaxy	NGC 4645A	12.6	12h 43m 05s	-41° 21’ 32”
Galaxy	NGC 4645B	13.0	12h 43m 31s	-41° 21’ 42”
Galaxy	ESO 323-28	13.9	12h 52m 50s	-41° 20’ 17”

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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