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6478 Gault live position and data.
Right Ascension: 1.005214
Declination: -5.273053 (J2000) Magnitude: 19.54 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Cetus
Sun Distance: 377438147 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 410637051 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 4 Jul 2023 06:42 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 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).
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” |
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