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 102125	6.384	20h 41m 43s	-75° 21’ 01”
Star	HIP 102692	8.7738	20h 48m 28s	-74° 18’ 29”
Star	HIP 102162	5.9536	20h 42m 02s	-76° 10’ 50”
Star	HIP 101572	8.7472	20h 35m 06s	-75° 09’ 59”
Star	HIP 102176	7.9242	20h 42m 11s	-75° 03’ 21”
Star	HIP 103518	7.9088	20h 58m 19s	-76° 01’ 08”
Star	HIP 103622	8.445	20h 59m 41s	-74° 26’ 36”
Star	HIP 102808	7.814	20h 49m 39s	-75° 50’ 00”
Star	HIP 102128	7.0422	20h 41m 45s	-75° 20’ 45”
Star	HIP 103745	8.2878	21h 01m 23s	-75° 25’ 29”
Star	HIP 102961	7.9986	20h 51m 37s	-73° 41’ 30”
Star	HIP 104349	7.6238	21h 08m 23s	-75° 58’ 48”
Star	HIP 102259	7.6094	20h 43m 13s	-76° 32’ 49”
Star	HIP 102855	8.3682	20h 50m 15s	-75° 02’ 15”
Star	HIP 104500	8.8934	21h 10m 07s	-75° 22’ 28”

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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