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 16296	0	03h 30m 05s	+11° 23’ 15”
Star	HIP 16715	7.9538	03h 35m 03s	+11° 02’ 45”
Star	HIP 16478	6.7828	03h 32m 11s	+11° 32’ 33”
Star	HIP 16504	8.4792	03h 32m 27s	+10° 44’ 16”
Star	HIP 16497	8.327	03h 32m 25s	+12° 21’ 48”
Star	HIP 16838	8.8058	03h 36m 42s	+12° 28’ 27”
Star	HIP 16615	8.5596	03h 33m 48s	+10° 14’ 01”
Star	HIP 16322	5.1254	03h 30m 24s	+11° 20’ 11”
Star	HIP 16325	6.8368	03h 30m 26s	+10° 27’ 31”
Star	HIP 16822	8.3162	03h 36m 27s	+12° 00’ 26”
Star	HIP 16738	8.2194	03h 35m 19s	+11° 23’ 48”
Star	HIP 16934	7.774	03h 37m 54s	+09° 55’ 58”

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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