4 Vesta live position and data

This page shows Asteroid 4 Vesta 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 4 Vesta (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 50085	0	10h 13m 32s	+12° 39’ 04”
Star	HIP 49866	8.4566	10h 10m 56s	+14° 28’ 58”
Star	HIP 50333	5.259	10h 16m 40s	+13° 43’ 42”
Star	HIP 50479	8.1456	10h 18m 26s	+13° 56’ 01”
Star	HIP 50064	8.9232	10h 13m 17s	+15° 20’ 40”
Star	HIP 49551	8.8028	10h 07m 02s	+14° 09’ 28”
Star	HIP 49929	6.3882	10h 11m 38s	+13° 21’ 18”
Galaxy	NGC 3153	13.5	10h 12m 50s	+12° 40’ 08”
Galaxy	NGC 3121	13.9	10h 06m 52s	+14° 22’ 21”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Asteroid 4 Vesta

• 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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