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 115846	0	23h 28m 09s	-31° 22’ 37”
Star	HIP 116115	8.4406	23h 31m 41s	-31° 20’ 10”
Star	HIP 115535	8.9046	23h 24m 11s	-31° 19’ 29”
Star	HIP 116261	7.0406	23h 33m 25s	-31° 17’ 22”
Star	HIP 115843	8.5836	23h 28m 06s	-30° 50’ 11”
Star	HIP 115493	7.2398	23h 23m 44s	-31° 06’ 38”
Star	HIP 116002	8.6888	23h 30m 12s	-30° 06’ 14”
Star	HIP 116472	7.5418	23h 36m 00s	-30° 38’ 48”
Star	HIP 116083	8.661	23h 31m 19s	-31° 05’ 47”
Star	HIP 115794	8.9672	23h 27m 30s	-31° 38’ 16”
Star	HIP 115897	8.3702	23h 28m 50s	-31° 23’ 19”
Star	HIP 116189	8.6224	23h 32m 29s	-32° 14’ 13”
Star	HIP 116074	8.0674	23h 31m 13s	-31° 29’ 23”

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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