6478 Gault Real Time Position & Data |
Right Ascension: 17.937597
Declination: -0.052073 (J2000) Magnitude: 18.29 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Ophiucus
Sun Distance: 286409061 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 248375044 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 4 Jul 2023 01:53 UTC [] |
This page shows Asteroid 6478 Gault (1988 JC1) 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 in the background 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).
List of bright objects (stars brighter than magnitude 9.0 and galaxies brighter than magmitude 14.0) close to Asteroid 6478 Gault (1988 JC1) (less than 1.5 degrees):
Type | Name | Magnitude | Ar | Dec |
Star | HIP 87994 | 0 | 17h 58m 27s | +01° 06’ 05” |
Star | HIP 87797 | 7.686 | 17h 56m 07s | -01° 24’ 36” |
Star | HIP 88094 | 8.643 | 17h 59m 31s | +00° 01’ 15” |
Star | HIP 87812 | 5.8292 | 17h 56m 18s | +00° 40’ 13” |
Star | HIP 88014 | 8.324 | 17h 58m 39s | -00° 34’ 54” |
Star | HIP 87521 | 8.4538 | 17h 52m 51s | -00° 02’ 15” |
Star | HIP 87489 | 8.898 | 17h 52m 33s | -00° 07’ 15” |
Star | HIP 88148 | 6.3612 | 18h 00m 15s | +00° 37’ 46” |
Star | HIP 87622 | 8.8778 | 17h 53m 58s | -00° 52’ 58” |
Star | HIP 87738 | 8.2556 | 17h 55m 20s | +00° 40’ 01” |
Star | HIP 88268 | 8.0386 | 18h 01m 31s | +00° 06’ 16” |
Star | HIP 88121 | 8.625 | 17h 59m 53s | -01° 09’ 56” |
Star | HIP 87637 | 8.438 | 17h 54m 05s | +00° 41’ 58” |
Star | HIP 87875 | 5.9448 | 17h 57m 04s | +00° 04’ 00” |
Star | HIP 88324 | 7.5706 | 18h 02m 17s | +00° 06’ 14” |
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