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 113602	0	23h 00m 33s	-23° 57’ 07”
Star	HIP 113605	0	23h 00m 36s	-23° 58’ 07”
Star	HIP 113383	8.2842	22h 57m 46s	-22° 36’ 37”
Star	HIP 113673	6.263	23h 01m 23s	-22° 47’ 26”
Star	HIP 113159	6.7182	22h 54m 54s	-22° 22’ 06”
Star	HIP 113154	8.3448	22h 54m 49s	-23° 06’ 32”
Star	HIP 113920	7.3586	23h 04m 11s	-22° 14’ 04”
Star	HIP 113214	8.802	22h 55m 39s	-22° 35’ 52”
Star	HIP 113473	8.61	22h 58m 48s	-23° 25’ 50”
Star	HIP 113576	7.7802	23h 00m 16s	-22° 31’ 28”
Star	HIP 113348	8.4248	22h 57m 18s	-23° 50’ 20”
Star	HIP 113910	7.4174	23h 04m 03s	-22° 42’ 36”
Star	HIP 114017	7.3842	23h 05m 25s	-22° 29’ 12”
Star	HIP 113471	7.7558	22h 58m 46s	-23° 26’ 57”
Star	HIP 113691	7.381	23h 01m 34s	-22° 25’ 09”

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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