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 4643	0	00h 59m 36s	-13° 58’ 44”
Star	HIP 4725	0	01h 00m 40s	-15° 57’ 27”
Star	HIP 4594	8.9244	00h 58m 49s	-13° 39’ 39”
Star	HIP 4489	8.6358	00h 57m 32s	-14° 52’ 32”
Star	HIP 4821	8.5372	01h 01m 53s	-14° 07’ 51”
Star	HIP 4540	6.9918	00h 58m 09s	-15° 40’ 58”
Star	HIP 4209	7.3838	00h 53m 42s	-13° 55’ 13”
Star	HIP 4506	7.5644	00h 57m 43s	-15° 47’ 13”
Star	HIP 4414	8.6326	00h 56m 32s	-14° 39’ 55”
Galaxy	IC 1610	13.6	01h 01m 42s	-15° 34’ 18”
Galaxy	PGC 3481	13.8	00h 58m 19s	-15° 23’ 31”

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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