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 110707	6.6268	22h 25m 48s	-20° 14’ 13”
Star	HIP 110758	8.2056	22h 26m 18s	-18° 00’ 39”
Star	HIP 110475	8.6722	22h 22m 39s	-19° 20’ 59”
Star	HIP 110735	8.7208	22h 26m 04s	-18° 21’ 22”
Star	HIP 110424	7.8076	22h 21m 59s	-19° 26’ 06”
Star	HIP 110453	7.9196	22h 22m 22s	-20° 10’ 16”
Star	HIP 110379	8.1084	22h 21m 24s	-18° 30’ 20”
Star	HIP 110528	8.06	22h 23m 30s	-20° 18’ 49”
Star	HIP 110755	8.1144	22h 26m 17s	-18° 33’ 48”
Star	HIP 110829	8.6252	22h 27m 12s	-19° 26’ 35”
Star	HIP 110982	8.185	22h 29m 06s	-20° 24’ 31”
Galaxy	IC 5210	14.0	22h 22m 31s	-18° 52’ 13”

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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