48P/Johnson Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 16.062670
Declination: -5.275568 (J2000) Magnitude: 18.31 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Ophiucus
Sun Distance: 445071924 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 305560879 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 10 Sep 2018 15:12 UTC [] |
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 in the background 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).
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 78870 | 6.2958 | 16h 05m 59s | -06° 08’ 23” |
Star | HIP 78669 | 8.4948 | 16h 03m 36s | -05° 16’ 43” |
Star | HIP 78509 | 8.9554 | 16h 01m 39s | -05° 41’ 41” |
Star | HIP 78341 | 7.306 | 15h 59m 46s | -06° 07’ 38” |
Star | HIP 78780 | 8.5954 | 16h 05m 00s | -04° 28’ 41” |
Star | HIP 78624 | 6.8302 | 16h 03m 03s | -05° 50’ 04” |
Star | HIP 78822 | 7.8108 | 16h 05m 27s | -06° 17’ 25” |
Star | HIP 78396 | 8.2208 | 16h 00m 16s | -05° 04’ 53” |
Star | HIP 78849 | 6.3308 | 16h 05m 44s | -06° 17’ 28” |
Star | HIP 78535 | 8.6132 | 16h 02m 01s | -06° 27’ 42” |
Star | HIP 78336 | 8.9538 | 15h 59m 42s | -05° 04’ 33” |
Star | HIP 78594 | 8.0946 | 16h 02m 49s | -04° 49’ 04” |
Star | HIP 78897 | 7.909 | 16h 06m 22s | -04° 45’ 15” |
Galaxy | PGC 56639 | 14.0 | 16h 00m 27s | -05° 59’ 24” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: