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 26229	8.0224	05h 35m 19s	+19° 45’ 10”
Star	HIP 26770	7.9466	05h 41m 11s	+20° 03’ 45”
Star	HIP 25965	7.4546	05h 32m 22s	+19° 07’ 21”
Star	HIP 26879	8.01	05h 42m 24s	+18° 41’ 14”
Star	HIP 26438	8.843	05h 37m 34s	+19° 46’ 46”
Star	HIP 26018	8.71	05h 33m 06s	+20° 02’ 10”
Star	HIP 25945	4.1526	05h 32m 12s	+18° 35’ 39”
Star	HIP 26279	7.4566	05h 35m 44s	+18° 45’ 29”
Star	HIP 25908	8.695	05h 31m 46s	+19° 33’ 04”
Star	HIP 25867	8.785	05h 31m 20s	+19° 01’ 24”
Star	HIP 26677	7.6238	05h 40m 09s	+19° 40’ 49”
Star	HIP 26064	5.6636	05h 33m 31s	+18° 32’ 24”
Star	HIP 26925	6.6754	05h 42m 53s	+18° 58’ 49”
Star	HIP 26298	7.1656	05h 36m 02s	+19° 32’ 57”
Star	HIP 26886	7.143	05h 42m 28s	+18° 59’ 15”
Star	HIP 26826	8.1468	05h 41m 44s	+19° 21’ 25”

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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