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 117966	0	23h 55m 40s	-06° 08’ 29”
Star	HIP 356	8.3848	00h 04m 30s	-06° 57’ 55”
Star	HIP 118080	8.461	23h 57m 10s	-05° 27’ 35”
Star	HIP 118070	8.8766	23h 57m 03s	-06° 15’ 25”
Star	HIP 91	7.521	00h 01m 07s	-05° 52’ 27”
Star	HIP 157	8.4328	00h 02m 00s	-05° 12’ 50”
Star	HIP 118132	8.3878	23h 57m 45s	-07° 22’ 30”
Star	HIP 81	8.5304	00h 00m 58s	-04° 55’ 55”
Star	HIP 154	4.2498	00h 01m 57s	-06° 00’ 50”
Star	HIP 87	7.7572	00h 01m 02s	-05° 50’ 05”
Star	HIP 187	8.9528	00h 02m 24s	-06° 03’ 33”
Star	HIP 205	8.518	00h 02m 34s	-05° 11’ 11”
Star	HIP 118298	6.4504	23h 59m 40s	-05° 53’ 34”
Star	HIP 118064	8.1822	23h 57m 01s	-07° 21’ 15”
Star	HIP 118141	8.0892	23h 57m 48s	-05° 27’ 23”
Star	HIP 118026	8.8912	23h 56m 27s	-05° 58’ 40”
Star	HIP 443	4.5204	00h 05m 20s	-05° 42’ 28”
Galaxy	PGC 312	13.5	00h 04m 33s	-07° 04’ 18”

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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