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 109715	0	22h 13m 24s	-26° 31’ 46”
Star	HIP 109768	7.953	22h 14m 01s	-24° 37’ 30”
Star	HIP 109990	6.0342	22h 16m 37s	-25° 53’ 53”
Star	HIP 109498	7.9642	22h 10m 54s	-24° 42’ 51”
Star	HIP 109737	5.5428	22h 13m 44s	-25° 10’ 51”
Star	HIP 109312	7.104	22h 08m 45s	-25° 46’ 12”
Star	HIP 109884	8.7426	22h 15m 18s	-24° 59’ 26”
Star	HIP 109868	7.5744	22h 15m 07s	-25° 38’ 52”
Star	HIP 109667	6.1758	22h 12m 57s	-26° 19’ 39”
Star	HIP 109870	7.8664	22h 15m 10s	-25° 58’ 01”
Star	HIP 109523	8.1342	22h 11m 10s	-25° 22’ 11”
Galaxy	NGC 7225	13.2	22h 13m 07s	-26° 08’ 49”
Galaxy	ESO 533-14	13.8	22h 19m 49s	-26° 20’ 30”

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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