1979 XB live position and data

This page shows Asteroid 1979 XB 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 Asteroid 1979 XB (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 97986	8.4054	19h 54m 48s	-39° 24’ 17”
Star	HIP 97874	8.8478	19h 53m 20s	-40° 22’ 19”
Star	HIP 98334	7.5436	19h 58m 42s	-41° 50’ 57”
Star	HIP 97749	5.329	19h 51m 50s	-39° 52’ 27”
Star	HIP 98689	7.507	20h 02m 40s	-41° 25’ 04”
Star	HIP 98579	6.3084	20h 01m 26s	-40° 48’ 51”
Star	HIP 98208	7.616	19h 57m 20s	-39° 23’ 04”
Star	HIP 98340	8.1802	19h 58m 50s	-41° 08’ 58”
Star	HIP 98501	7.889	20h 00m 41s	-40° 12’ 00”
Star	HIP 98432	8.4342	19h 59m 59s	-40° 48’ 20”
Star	HIP 97743	8.5122	19h 51m 46s	-40° 42’ 30”
Star	HIP 98373	8.2356	19h 59m 09s	-41° 49’ 57”
Star	HIP 98672	8.6748	20h 02m 30s	-41° 31’ 38”
Star	HIP 98032	4.0114	19h 55m 15s	-41° 52’ 06”
Galaxy	ESO 339-20	14.0	20h 00m 35s	-39° 38’ 54”
Galaxy	ESO 339-12	13.8	19h 58m 30s	-40° 48’ 51”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Asteroid 1979 XB

• 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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