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 11085	8.6838	02h 22m 45s	+04° 57’ 25”
Star	HIP 10345	8.3368	02h 13m 15s	+04° 44’ 59”
Star	HIP 10356	6.4852	02h 13m 29s	+05° 00’ 46”
Star	HIP 10327	8.296	02h 13m 02s	+04° 17’ 10”
Star	HIP 10813	7.3602	02h 19m 10s	+03° 32’ 12”
Star	HIP 10775	7.5824	02h 18m 40s	+04° 11’ 46”
Star	HIP 10662	8.4278	02h 17m 12s	+04° 30’ 12”
Star	HIP 10480	8.1646	02h 15m 07s	+03° 51’ 05”
Star	HIP 10596	8.2152	02h 16m 26s	+04° 37’ 33”
Star	HIP 11028	8.1652	02h 22m 00s	+04° 44’ 47”
Star	HIP 10672	8.4802	02h 17m 19s	+05° 21’ 38”
Galaxy	NGC 864	11.7	02h 15m 27s	+06° 00’ 05”
Galaxy	UGC 1775	13.9	02h 18m 26s	+05° 39’ 05”

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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