C/2018 A6 (Gibbs) live position and data

This page shows Comet C/2018 A6 (Gibbs) 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 C/2018 A6 (Gibbs) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 40655	6.4172	08h 17m 55s	-59° 10’ 00”
Star	HIP 40808	7.529	08h 19m 44s	-60° 06’ 11”
Star	HIP 41054	8.4282	08h 22m 36s	-58° 33’ 04”
Star	HIP 40666	7.2836	08h 18m 05s	-60° 18’ 50”
Star	HIP 41696	8.8748	08h 30m 00s	-60° 42’ 53”
Star	HIP 41030	8.4204	08h 22m 26s	-58° 47’ 54”
Star	HIP 41720	8.6614	08h 30m 25s	-59° 12’ 50”
Star	HIP 41371	8.5864	08h 26m 23s	-59° 26’ 09”
Star	HIP 40802	8.3472	08h 19m 41s	-58° 53’ 26”
Star	HIP 40690	7.6352	08h 18m 23s	-60° 18’ 40”
Star	HIP 40741	8.4022	08h 18m 58s	-60° 11’ 40”
Star	HIP 41396	8.9582	08h 26m 42s	-60° 39’ 15”
Star	HIP 41588	7.2254	08h 28m 43s	-60° 07’ 21”
Star	HIP 40998	8.728	08h 22m 00s	-60° 37’ 13”
Star	HIP 41793	8.0592	08h 31m 16s	-59° 13’ 37”
Star	HIP 41037	1.8244	08h 22m 30s	-59° 30’ 34”
Star	HIP 41575	7.7086	08h 28m 37s	-58° 22’ 11”
Star	HIP 41182	8.9212	08h 24m 13s	-60° 38’ 58”
Star	HIP 41643	7.743	08h 29m 29s	-60° 10’ 45”
Star	HIP 40980	8.3554	08h 21m 46s	-60° 22’ 34”
Star	HIP 41238	8.316	08h 24m 52s	-58° 25’ 16”
Star	HIP 40621	6.9936	08h 17m 34s	-58° 41’ 51”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet C/2018 A6 (Gibbs)

• 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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