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 32187	0	06h 43m 12s	-08° 45’ 30”
Star	HIP 32119	8.5074	06h 42m 32s	-09° 33’ 59”
Star	HIP 31470	8.7774	06h 35m 31s	-09° 22’ 16”
Star	HIP 31571	8.247	06h 36m 27s	-09° 49’ 42”
Star	HIP 32088	8.7542	06h 42m 12s	-10° 29’ 53”
Star	HIP 31855	8.4772	06h 39m 34s	-10° 53’ 00”
Star	HIP 31490	7.5976	06h 35m 42s	-08° 59’ 58”
Star	HIP 31709	8.1236	06h 37m 58s	-09° 16’ 07”
Star	HIP 31693	7.3558	06h 37m 51s	-08° 46’ 54”
Star	HIP 31226	7.3538	06h 32m 59s	-08° 57’ 50”
Star	HIP 31906	8.5172	06h 40m 06s	-10° 18’ 38”
Star	HIP 32064	5.0524	06h 41m 56s	-09° 10’ 02”
Star	HIP 31456	8.7134	06h 35m 24s	-10° 35’ 04”
Star	HIP 31371	8.8582	06h 34m 40s	-08° 36’ 29”
Star	HIP 31656	7.21	06h 37m 32s	-08° 14’ 08”
Star	HIP 31822	8.6702	06h 39m 12s	-09° 21’ 48”
Star	HIP 31902	8.1794	06h 40m 05s	-08° 29’ 41”

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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