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 111343	8.7644	22h 33m 25s	-50° 59’ 13”
Star	HIP 111989	7.9678	22h 41m 03s	-51° 27’ 31”
Star	HIP 111502	8.625	22h 35m 26s	-50° 09’ 21”
Star	HIP 111816	8.8806	22h 38m 55s	-50° 00’ 53”
Star	HIP 111735	7.9322	22h 38m 02s	-52° 46’ 14”
Star	HIP 111856	7.6752	22h 39m 28s	-50° 40’ 53”
Star	HIP 111358	8.323	22h 33m 37s	-51° 23’ 08”
Star	HIP 111512	6.6668	22h 35m 33s	-51° 36’ 14”
Star	HIP 111187	6.9636	22h 31m 28s	-50° 56’ 15”
Star	HIP 111714	8.2316	22h 37m 46s	-50° 03’ 59”
Star	HIP 111503	8.9982	22h 35m 26s	-50° 01’ 49”
Star	HIP 111145	8.2972	22h 31m 04s	-50° 23’ 47”
Star	HIP 111485	7.8242	22h 35m 14s	-49° 59’ 28”
Star	HIP 111833	6.6334	22h 39m 08s	-52° 41’ 31”
Star	HIP 111412	8.1822	22h 34m 18s	-50° 48’ 13”
Star	HIP 111099	8.7092	22h 30m 26s	-51° 33’ 08”
Star	HIP 111511	8.096	22h 35m 31s	-50° 35’ 16”
Star	HIP 112448	7.3942	22h 46m 41s	-51° 03’ 00”

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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