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 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 263P/Gibbs (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 59752	0	12h 15m 12s	+25° 12’ 03”
Star	HIP 59165	8.4374	12h 08m 00s	+25° 22’ 37”
Star	HIP 59314	8.6964	12h 10m 06s	+24° 15’ 39”
Star	HIP 59446	8.6766	12h 11m 34s	+25° 44’ 15”
Star	HIP 59847	4.842	12h 16m 20s	+23° 56’ 43”
Star	HIP 59833	8.0408	12h 16m 08s	+25° 45’ 37”
Star	HIP 59468	5.5158	12h 11m 51s	+25° 52’ 13”
Star	HIP 59414	7.4172	12h 11m 15s	+24° 45’ 13”
Star	HIP 59459	6.6376	12h 11m 46s	+23° 19’ 21”
Star	HIP 59902	8.2632	12h 17m 10s	+24° 37’ 30”
Star	HIP 59952	8.6538	12h 17m 47s	+25° 03’ 15”
Star	HIP 59957	7.8316	12h 17m 50s	+25° 34’ 16”
Star	HIP 59692	7.2904	12h 14m 27s	+23° 39’ 41”
Galaxy	NGC 4213	13.5	12h 15m 38s	+23° 58’ 58”
Galaxy	NGC 4162	12.8	12h 11m 51s	+24° 07’ 23”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 263P/Gibbs

• 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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