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 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).

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 71803	8.1422	14h 41m 16s	-04° 56’ 40”
Star	HIP 71347	7.6936	14h 35m 27s	-05° 49’ 58”
Star	HIP 71589	6.9608	14h 38m 28s	-03° 36’ 39”
Star	HIP 71410	8.3788	14h 36m 10s	-03° 46’ 51”
Star	HIP 71879	8.6378	14h 42m 08s	-04° 51’ 08”
Star	HIP 71535	7.5538	14h 37m 52s	-05° 32’ 55”
Star	HIP 71367	7.3672	14h 35m 43s	-05° 15’ 57”
Star	HIP 71630	7.6586	14h 39m 00s	-05° 47’ 13”
Star	HIP 71462	7.7334	14h 36m 53s	-04° 16’ 44”
Star	HIP 71486	7.0044	14h 37m 08s	-03° 53’ 31”
Star	HIP 71293	8.2884	14h 34m 49s	-04° 39’ 05”
Star	HIP 71424	8.4612	14h 36m 21s	-05° 05’ 46”
Star	HIP 71903	8.145	14h 42m 25s	-05° 05’ 07”

Additional resources

• 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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