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 111019	8.7554	22h 29m 30s	-29° 04’ 45”
Star	HIP 110996	7.536	22h 29m 15s	-30° 00’ 59”
Star	HIP 111350	7.4652	22h 33m 33s	-29° 39’ 53”
Star	HIP 111015	7.0852	22h 29m 25s	-28° 39’ 34”
Star	HIP 111341	8.7248	22h 33m 25s	-28° 08’ 51”
Star	HIP 111275	8.8156	22h 32m 34s	-27° 42’ 40”
Star	HIP 111013	8.551	22h 29m 24s	-28° 43’ 40”
Star	HIP 111118	8.6768	22h 30m 36s	-30° 07’ 51”
Star	HIP 110586	8.5962	22h 24m 12s	-28° 40’ 27”
Star	HIP 110535	8.9758	22h 23m 32s	-29° 41’ 39”
Star	HIP 110743	7.8998	22h 26m 09s	-29° 04’ 55”
Star	HIP 110745	7.1848	22h 26m 10s	-28° 00’ 45”
Star	HIP 111311	8.2062	22h 33m 00s	-28° 58’ 55”
Galaxy	NGC 7259	13.9	22h 23m 05s	-28° 57’ 17”
Galaxy	NGC 7258	13.9	22h 22m 57s	-28° 20’ 43”

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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