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 117797	6.2122	23h 53m 20s	-24° 13’ 45”
Star	HIP 118198	7.9424	23h 58m 31s	-24° 10’ 09”
Star	HIP 117671	8.9902	23h 51m 50s	-24° 04’ 58”
Star	HIP 118302	7.6272	23h 59m 43s	-24° 38’ 42”
Star	HIP 117737	6.621	23h 52m 40s	-24° 59’ 06”
Star	HIP 118029	6.2292	23h 56m 29s	-24° 44’ 14”
Star	HIP 117510	6.4248	23h 49m 49s	-25° 19’ 52”
Star	HIP 117519	8.64	23h 49m 57s	-24° 09’ 56”
Star	HIP 117985	8.5482	23h 55m 54s	-24° 22’ 50”

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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