6478 Gault live position and data

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 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 Asteroid 6478 Gault (1988 JC1) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 5095	0	01h 05m 18s	-05° 11’ 29”
Star	HIP 4914	5.2924	01h 03m 02s	-04° 50’ 10”
Star	HIP 4474	8.3712	00h 57m 18s	-06° 06’ 36”
Star	HIP 4648	7.5894	00h 59m 42s	-04° 19’ 17”
Star	HIP 4747	7.2838	01h 01m 01s	-04° 38’ 53”
Star	HIP 4647	8.1666	00h 59m 41s	-04° 27’ 39”
Star	HIP 4516	8.6956	00h 57m 53s	-04° 14’ 38”
Star	HIP 4592	6.4706	00h 58m 45s	-05° 52’ 57”
Star	HIP 4661	8.724	00h 59m 53s	-05° 11’ 02”
Galaxy	NGC 352	13.5	01h 02m 09s	-04° 14’ 44”
Galaxy	NGC 357	13.1	01h 03m 21s	-06° 20’ 22”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Asteroid 6478 Gault (1988 JC1)

• 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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