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 107181	0	21h 42m 35s	+02° 33’ 19”
Star	HIP 107033	8.6178	21h 40m 36s	+01° 14’ 32”
Star	HIP 107144	5.5068	21h 42m 10s	+01° 17’ 06”
Star	HIP 107252	8.2264	21h 43m 25s	+01° 48’ 03”
Star	HIP 107444	8.477	21h 45m 44s	+01° 40’ 09”
Star	HIP 106991	7.8908	21h 40m 07s	+01° 10’ 29”
Star	HIP 107367	6.8378	21h 44m 48s	+02° 59’ 31”
Star	HIP 106544	6.3848	21h 34m 42s	+01° 49’ 45”
Star	HIP 106958	7.4704	21h 39m 45s	+02° 08’ 21”
Star	HIP 107072	7.8628	21h 41m 07s	+01° 18’ 30”
Star	HIP 106769	8.3354	21h 37m 38s	+01° 15’ 53”
Star	HIP 106944	5.0022	21h 39m 33s	+02° 14’ 37”

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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