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 43552	0	08h 52m 11s	+20° 08’ 37”
Star	HIP 43683	6.606	08h 53m 55s	+19° 58’ 01”
Star	HIP 44126	6.2096	08h 59m 10s	+18° 08’ 06”
Star	HIP 44056	6.5564	08h 58m 18s	+18° 18’ 29”
Star	HIP 44312	8.359	09h 01m 26s	+19° 02’ 14”
Star	HIP 44125	8.6576	08h 59m 10s	+18° 03’ 36”
Star	HIP 43905	7.731	08h 56m 40s	+19° 50’ 56”
Star	HIP 43642	7.4944	08h 53m 20s	+19° 19’ 19”
Star	HIP 44022	8.6316	08h 57m 55s	+19° 17’ 02”
Star	HIP 43730	8.2592	08h 54m 21s	+20° 35’ 10”
Star	HIP 43722	8.135	08h 54m 14s	+19° 34’ 31”
Star	HIP 43564	8.497	08h 52m 20s	+19° 21’ 02”
Star	HIP 43427	6.3982	08h 50m 45s	+18° 49’ 56”
Star	HIP 43540	8.3998	08h 52m 03s	+18° 53’ 39”
Star	HIP 43701	8.5982	08h 54m 00s	+20° 13’ 49”
Star	HIP 43935	8.1344	08h 56m 57s	+20° 11’ 59”

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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