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 49530	6.0956	10h 06m 47s	+05° 36’ 41”
Star	HIP 48790	8.8532	09h 57m 04s	+06° 20’ 13”
Star	HIP 49100	8.7382	10h 01m 16s	+07° 12’ 39”
Star	HIP 49104	8.7826	10h 01m 18s	+05° 50’ 59”
Star	HIP 49316	8.3602	10h 03m 59s	+07° 10’ 34”
Star	HIP 49519	8.0822	10h 06m 37s	+06° 54’ 20”
Star	HIP 49374	7.2994	10h 04m 47s	+05° 00’ 14”
Star	HIP 48918	7.222	09h 58m 44s	+06° 06’ 53”
Star	HIP 49004	8.1204	09h 59m 50s	+05° 36’ 35”
Star	HIP 49626	8.3024	10h 07m 41s	+06° 17’ 33”
Star	HIP 49030	7.5982	10h 00m 13s	+06° 15’ 02”
Star	HIP 49074	8.1486	10h 00m 57s	+04° 59’ 43”
Star	HIP 48989	7.6536	09h 59m 42s	+05° 13’ 17”
Galaxy	PGC 28913	11.9	09h 59m 59s	+05° 19’ 56”

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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