C/2020 V2 (ZTF) live position and data

This page shows Comet ZTF (C/2020 V2) 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 ZTF (C/2020 V2) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 7729	8.0058	01h 39m 30s	+52° 16’ 00”
Star	HIP 7498	7.9972	01h 36m 38s	+51° 44’ 55”
Star	HIP 6583	8.0384	01h 24m 33s	+53° 11’ 10”
Star	HIP 7786	6.2044	01h 40m 13s	+53° 52’ 05”
Star	HIP 7419	7.2424	01h 35m 36s	+52° 09’ 49”
Star	HIP 6725	7.6384	01h 26m 32s	+53° 07’ 48”
Star	HIP 6496	8.3418	01h 23m 25s	+52° 48’ 25”
Star	HIP 6809	7.9804	01h 27m 36s	+51° 48’ 31”
Star	HIP 7577	8.6766	01h 37m 36s	+54° 06’ 45”
Star	HIP 7399	6.8636	01h 35m 24s	+53° 20’ 44”
Star	HIP 6889	8.7074	01h 28m 44s	+51° 53’ 02”
Star	HIP 6932	8.6876	01h 29m 19s	+54° 21’ 31”
Star	HIP 7665	8.9484	01h 38m 40s	+52° 36’ 23”
Star	HIP 7221	8.3442	01h 33m 01s	+53° 02’ 01”
Star	HIP 6911	6.9176	01h 29m 00s	+51° 41’ 09”
Star	HIP 7044	8.8648	01h 30m 49s	+51° 32’ 36”
Star	HIP 6465	8.7464	01h 23m 10s	+53° 28’ 22”
Star	HIP 7660	8.3746	01h 38m 37s	+52° 26’ 04”
Star	HIP 6474	8.6104	01h 23m 15s	+52° 44’ 14”
Star	HIP 6697	8.9232	01h 26m 02s	+52° 23’ 19”
Star	HIP 7138	7.887	01h 31m 58s	+52° 28’ 11”
Star	HIP 7145	7.9338	01h 32m 05s	+54° 01’ 08”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet ZTF (C/2020 V2)

• 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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