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 55031	0	11h 15m 56s	-48° 41’ 26”
Star	HIP 55479	7.7858	11h 21m 45s	-48° 29’ 44”
Star	HIP 55270	8.1186	11h 19m 10s	-48° 10’ 54”
Star	HIP 55330	8.0164	11h 19m 50s	-48° 23’ 46”
Star	HIP 54324	8.353	11h 06m 48s	-47° 21’ 26”
Star	HIP 55019	6.5454	11h 15m 53s	-47° 55’ 15”
Star	HIP 54180	7.2846	11h 04m 58s	-48° 11’ 49”
Star	HIP 55275	8.8568	11h 19m 14s	-48° 52’ 41”
Star	HIP 55303	7.0318	11h 19m 32s	-47° 23’ 46”
Star	HIP 54497	8.0874	11h 08m 58s	-48° 24’ 10”
Star	HIP 55276	8.5892	11h 19m 15s	-47° 29’ 40”
Star	HIP 55208	7.2992	11h 18m 19s	-48° 47’ 14”
Star	HIP 54231	6.811	11h 05m 45s	-47° 26’ 32”
Star	HIP 54720	8.1472	11h 12m 10s	-48° 07’ 50”
Star	HIP 54380	6.2796	11h 07m 34s	-48° 38’ 24”
Star	HIP 54750	7.4956	11h 12m 35s	-46° 57’ 59”
Star	HIP 54836	7.789	11h 13m 35s	-47° 49’ 25”
Star	HIP 55386	7.9664	11h 20m 29s	-47° 21’ 31”
Star	HIP 54670	8.1336	11h 11m 27s	-48° 51’ 05”
Star	HIP 54277	8.2348	11h 06m 12s	-47° 40’ 59”
Star	HIP 54746	5.3576	11h 12m 33s	-49° 06’ 03”
Star	HIP 55038	7.1732	11h 16m 00s	-47° 18’ 20”
Star	HIP 55333	8.6136	11h 19m 52s	-48° 22’ 19”
Star	HIP 54535	8.3384	11h 09m 37s	-48° 37’ 47”
Star	HIP 55384	8.779	11h 20m 27s	-47° 08’ 48”
Star	HIP 54795	6.5676	11h 13m 05s	-47° 03’ 18”
Star	HIP 54989	8.3792	11h 15m 35s	-48° 15’ 30”
Galaxy	ESO 215-39	13.7	11h 17m 04s	-49° 12’ 06”
Galaxy	ESO 216-3	14.0	11h 18m 15s	-48° 44’ 48”
Galaxy	ESO 215-37	13.5	11h 15m 35s	-48° 45’ 34”
Galaxy	ESO 215-31	13.6	11h 10m 34s	-49° 06’ 11”

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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