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 87235	7.9212	17h 49m 27s	-20° 49’ 51”
Star	HIP 87246	7.5822	17h 49m 35s	-20° 00’ 24”
Star	HIP 87388	0	17h 51m 27s	-18° 59’ 29”
Star	HIP 87410	6.7724	17h 51m 48s	-19° 31’ 30”
Star	HIP 87411	8.577	17h 51m 49s	-21° 03’ 31”
Star	HIP 87484	0	17h 52m 30s	-20° 33’ 52”
Star	HIP 87568	8.6028	17h 53m 21s	-18° 52’ 33”
Star	HIP 87606	7.118	17h 53m 47s	-19° 53’ 14”
Star	HIP 87782	6.4674	17h 55m 54s	-18° 48’ 07”
Star	HIP 87918	8.5574	17h 57m 34s	-19° 53’ 22”

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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