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 16778	0	03h 35m 55s	+09° 33’ 57”
Star	HIP 17038	7.7522	03h 39m 08s	+09° 08’ 37”
Star	HIP 17032	8.9414	03h 39m 04s	+09° 39’ 10”
Star	HIP 17059	8.7474	03h 39m 26s	+09° 03’ 54”
Star	HIP 17337	7.0278	03h 42m 37s	+08° 38’ 04”
Star	HIP 17240	7.1072	03h 41m 32s	+10° 04’ 54”
Star	HIP 16934	7.774	03h 37m 54s	+09° 55’ 58”
Star	HIP 17591	7.4968	03h 46m 06s	+10° 32’ 55”
Star	HIP 17472	8.575	03h 44m 39s	+10° 10’ 42”
Star	HIP 17658	7.9468	03h 46m 56s	+09° 31’ 49”

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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