48P/Johnson live position and data

This page shows Comet 48P/Johnson 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 48P/Johnson (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 2275	8.9392	00h 29m 05s	-07° 42’ 10”
Star	HIP 2038	7.2852	00h 25m 52s	-08° 21’ 05”
Star	HIP 2250	8.4438	00h 28m 38s	-09° 24’ 18”
Star	HIP 2143	8.0488	00h 27m 07s	-07° 52’ 33”
Star	HIP 2408	7.277	00h 30m 40s	-09° 24’ 27”
Star	HIP 1787	8.1554	00h 22m 43s	-09° 37’ 21”
Star	HIP 2444	8.3858	00h 31m 05s	-10° 05’ 01”
Star	HIP 2140	7.1956	00h 27m 06s	-09° 52’ 22”
Star	HIP 1796	8.4758	00h 22m 48s	-09° 16’ 40”
Star	HIP 2431	6.8722	00h 30m 59s	-10° 05’ 04”
Star	HIP 1792	7.8542	00h 22m 46s	-09° 13’ 50”
Star	HIP 2167	7.8454	00h 27m 20s	-08° 39’ 30”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 48P/Johnson

• 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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