162173 Ryugu (1999 JU3) live position and data

This page shows Asteroid 162173 Ryugu (1999 JU3) 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 162173 Ryugu (1999 JU3) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 28298	8.975	05h 58m 51s	-77° 36’ 01”
Star	HIP 25760	8.2038	05h 30m 03s	-76° 14’ 55”
Star	HIP 26264	6.0436	05h 35m 36s	-78° 49’ 15”
Star	HIP 27403	8.3316	05h 48m 11s	-76° 06’ 10”
Star	HIP 26773	8.8388	05h 41m 14s	-78° 37’ 52”
Star	HIP 26901	8.7938	05h 42m 39s	-77° 27’ 07”
Star	HIP 25918	5.057	05h 31m 52s	-76° 20’ 29”
Star	HIP 26985	8.7114	05h 43m 32s	-76° 46’ 06”
Star	HIP 27715	7.6234	05h 52m 07s	-78° 35’ 16”
Star	HIP 25130	8.2452	05h 22m 43s	-76° 36’ 52”
Star	HIP 27943	8.422	05h 54m 46s	-76° 48’ 26”
Star	HIP 28680	8.8948	06h 03m 18s	-77° 16’ 39”
Galaxy	NGC 1956	14.0	05h 19m 34s	-77° 43’ 50”
Galaxy	IC 2160	13.8	05h 55m 30s	-76° 55’ 14”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Asteroid 162173 Ryugu (1999 JU3)

• 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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