263P/Gibbs live position and data

This page shows Comet 263P/Gibbs 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 in the background 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 263P/Gibbs (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 65494	8.054	13h 25m 23s	+10° 45’ 21”
Star	HIP 65859	8.9604	13h 29m 59s	+10° 22’ 47”
Star	HIP 65790	5.545	13h 29m 13s	+10° 49’ 06”
Star	HIP 66025	7.9752	13h 32m 11s	+10° 08’ 51”
Star	HIP 65711	7.9902	13h 28m 19s	+10° 28’ 07”
Star	HIP 66007	7.9548	13h 31m 58s	+08° 58’ 37”
Star	HIP 65697	7.4662	13h 28m 09s	+09° 27’ 40”
Star	HIP 65911	6.7604	13h 30m 39s	+09° 19’ 00”
Galaxy	NGC 5125	13.4	13h 24m 00s	+09° 42’ 29”
Galaxy	NGC 5174	13.2	13h 29m 25s	+11° 00’ 24”

Additional resources

• 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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