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 51007	0	10h 25m 11s	-10° 13’ 44”
Star	HIP 50827	6.9126	10h 22m 41s	-09° 23’ 42”
Star	HIP 51587	8.1948	10h 32m 13s	-08° 11’ 40”
Star	HIP 51053	8.731	10h 25m 51s	-10° 01’ 51”
Star	HIP 51281	8.661	10h 28m 27s	-08° 17’ 22”
Star	HIP 50986	8.1036	10h 24m 56s	-09° 47’ 33”
Star	HIP 51549	7.7478	10h 31m 44s	-08° 57’ 06”
Star	HIP 51057	7.667	10h 25m 56s	-07° 51’ 31”
Star	HIP 51189	7.739	10h 27m 22s	-07° 48’ 08”
Star	HIP 51296	8.9014	10h 28m 42s	-08° 55’ 49”
Star	HIP 51490	6.1442	10h 30m 58s	-07° 38’ 15”
Star	HIP 51283	7.5202	10h 28m 28s	-09° 52’ 52”
Star	HIP 51165	8.8394	10h 27m 04s	-09° 13’ 22”
Galaxy	PGC 31047	13.6	10h 31m 19s	-08° 35’ 27”
Galaxy	PGC 31116	13.7	10h 32m 12s	-09° 14’ 21”

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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