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 in the background 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 87994	0	17h 58m 27s	+01° 06’ 05”
Star	HIP 87797	7.686	17h 56m 07s	-01° 24’ 36”
Star	HIP 88094	8.643	17h 59m 31s	+00° 01’ 15”
Star	HIP 87812	5.8292	17h 56m 18s	+00° 40’ 13”
Star	HIP 88014	8.324	17h 58m 39s	-00° 34’ 54”
Star	HIP 87521	8.4538	17h 52m 51s	-00° 02’ 15”
Star	HIP 87489	8.898	17h 52m 33s	-00° 07’ 15”
Star	HIP 88148	6.3612	18h 00m 15s	+00° 37’ 46”
Star	HIP 87622	8.8778	17h 53m 58s	-00° 52’ 58”
Star	HIP 87738	8.2556	17h 55m 20s	+00° 40’ 01”
Star	HIP 88268	8.0386	18h 01m 31s	+00° 06’ 16”
Star	HIP 88121	8.625	17h 59m 53s	-01° 09’ 56”
Star	HIP 87637	8.438	17h 54m 05s	+00° 41’ 58”
Star	HIP 87875	5.9448	17h 57m 04s	+00° 04’ 00”
Star	HIP 88324	7.5706	18h 02m 17s	+00° 06’ 14”

Additional resources

• 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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