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 115850	0	23h 28m 15s	-25° 41’ 59”
Star	HIP 115465	8.9504	23h 23m 23s	-26° 23’ 32”
Star	HIP 115815	8.1828	23h 27m 45s	-26° 40’ 42”
Star	HIP 115828	8.2212	23h 27m 56s	-26° 27’ 15”
Star	HIP 116303	8.7158	23h 33m 52s	-25° 46’ 24”
Star	HIP 115858	6.8976	23h 28m 25s	-25° 25’ 13”
Star	HIP 116141	6.4794	23h 31m 55s	-25° 44’ 39”
Star	HIP 115795	8.4268	23h 27m 31s	-24° 28’ 22”
Star	HIP 115796	7.426	23h 27m 33s	-27° 16’ 41”

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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