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 3278	0	00h 41m 46s	+00° 09’ 57”
Star	HIP 3674	8.4046	00h 47m 01s	-01° 15’ 08”
Star	HIP 3842	8.6998	00h 49m 17s	-01° 37’ 33”
Star	HIP 3889	6.4876	00h 49m 54s	-00° 13’ 26”
Star	HIP 3763	7.4894	00h 48m 20s	-00° 29’ 20”
Star	HIP 3591	7.5938	00h 45m 54s	+00° 34’ 45”
Star	HIP 3738	8.3984	00h 48m 00s	-00° 14’ 32”
Star	HIP 3540	6.9674	00h 45m 10s	+00° 15’ 12”
Star	HIP 3481	8.9914	00h 44m 26s	+00° 31’ 30”
Star	HIP 3582	8.8836	00h 45m 44s	-01° 11’ 05”
Star	HIP 3777	8.1122	00h 48m 33s	+00° 22’ 55”
Star	HIP 3665	8.3982	00h 46m 52s	+00° 22’ 37”
Star	HIP 3183	8.4476	00h 40m 32s	-01° 46’ 15”
Star	HIP 3264	8.531	00h 41m 32s	-01° 17’ 58”
Galaxy	UGC 439	14.0	00h 41m 21s	-01° 42’ 50”
Galaxy	NGC 227	13.1	00h 42m 36s	-01° 31’ 36”
Galaxy	NGC 245	13.1	00h 46m 05s	-01° 43’ 19”
Galaxy	NGC 237	13.6	00h 43m 28s	-00° 07’ 24”

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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