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 2828	0	00h 35m 53s	+12° 35’ 50”
Star	HIP 3032	8.9116	00h 38m 34s	+12° 03’ 46”
Star	HIP 3308	7.9946	00h 42m 08s	+11° 56’ 43”
Star	HIP 2734	6.277	00h 34m 55s	+13° 22’ 16”
Star	HIP 3262	7.644	00h 41m 31s	+12° 57’ 34”
Star	HIP 3457	8.1908	00h 44m 13s	+13° 18’ 26”
Star	HIP 2832	6.2828	00h 35m 54s	+13° 12’ 27”
Star	HIP 3625	7.3556	00h 46m 29s	+13° 09’ 07”
Star	HIP 3323	8.5072	00h 42m 21s	+13° 59’ 40”
Star	HIP 2885	8.4982	00h 36m 33s	+13° 16’ 22”
Galaxy	NGC 234	13.3	00h 43m 32s	+14° 20’ 35”

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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