C/2021 K1 (ATLAS) live position and data

This page shows Comet C/2021 K1 (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/2021 K1 (ATLAS) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 5095	0	01h 05m 18s	-05° 11’ 29”
Star	HIP 5426	8.4768	01h 09m 17s	-04° 58’ 42”
Star	HIP 4914	5.2924	01h 03m 02s	-04° 50’ 10”
Star	HIP 5384	7.853	01h 08m 53s	-04° 43’ 20”
Star	HIP 5294	7.5556	01h 07m 44s	-04° 44’ 42”
Star	HIP 5524	7.2862	01h 10m 43s	-04° 50’ 31”
Star	HIP 5220	8.2044	01h 06m 45s	-04° 39’ 01”
Star	HIP 5237	8.0338	01h 06m 58s	-04° 54’ 21”
Star	HIP 5356	7.8534	01h 08m 26s	-06° 10’ 30”
Star	HIP 5504	7.6522	01h 10m 30s	-06° 05’ 04”
Star	HIP 5620	8.862	01h 12m 08s	-04° 29’ 31”
Star	HIP 5581	8.8046	01h 11m 34s	-05° 20’ 24”
Galaxy	PGC 3853	12.5	01h 05m 04s	-06° 12’ 32”
Galaxy	NGC 357	13.1	01h 03m 21s	-06° 20’ 22”
Galaxy	PGC 4222	13.9	01h 10m 53s	-05° 49’ 18”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet C/2021 K1 (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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