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 93972	6.7786	19h 08m 00s	-07° 50’ 52”
Star	HIP 94072	7.5394	19h 09m 02s	-07° 01’ 02”
Star	HIP 94404	8.4944	19h 12m 50s	-07° 29’ 38”
Star	HIP 94241	6.6798	19h 11m 01s	-07° 25’ 38”
Star	HIP 93936	8.3474	19h 07m 37s	-07° 23’ 57”
Star	HIP 94385	5.3502	19h 12m 40s	-07° 56’ 22”
Star	HIP 94236	6.8466	19h 10m 58s	-06° 37’ 18”
Star	HIP 93724	8.541	19h 05m 00s	-07° 08’ 30”
Star	HIP 94004	7.6814	19h 08m 20s	-07° 26’ 15”
Star	HIP 94163	7.2298	19h 10m 02s	-07° 16’ 39”

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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