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 35531	0	07h 19m 59s	-51° 27’ 46”
Star	HIP 36252	8.27	07h 27m 53s	-52° 04’ 55”
Star	HIP 35564	5.4464	07h 20m 21s	-52° 18’ 42”
Star	HIP 35603	6.7766	07h 20m 49s	-51° 24’ 17”
Star	HIP 36210	6.6578	07h 27m 25s	-51° 24’ 09”
Star	HIP 35515	7.334	07h 19m 51s	-52° 33’ 54”
Star	HIP 36228	8.6382	07h 27m 37s	-51° 21’ 34”
Star	HIP 35084	5.8478	07h 15m 21s	-52° 29’ 58”
Star	HIP 36854	7.8398	07h 34m 39s	-52° 48’ 36”
Star	HIP 35589	5.3844	07h 20m 38s	-52° 05’ 09”
Star	HIP 36510	8.1518	07h 30m 39s	-52° 53’ 50”
Star	HIP 36127	8.5096	07h 26m 28s	-52° 00’ 43”
Star	HIP 35588	6.8954	07h 20m 39s	-52° 11’ 55”
Star	HIP 35833	6.9466	07h 23m 22s	-53° 30’ 29”
Star	HIP 36832	7.4988	07h 34m 28s	-52° 58’ 07”
Star	HIP 36591	8.595	07h 31m 32s	-51° 36’ 17”
Star	HIP 35779	7.4792	07h 22m 48s	-52° 31’ 09”
Star	HIP 35869	7.2026	07h 23m 42s	-53° 40’ 09”
Star	HIP 35439	7.8564	07h 18m 58s	-52° 32’ 22”
Star	HIP 35696	8.8208	07h 21m 55s	-53° 54’ 11”
Star	HIP 36444	5.7676	07h 29m 59s	-52° 39’ 04”

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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