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 in the background 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 29433	5.7608	06h 12m 01s	+19° 47’ 26”
Star	HIP 29190	8.4082	06h 09m 27s	+19° 13’ 54”
Star	HIP 29650	5.1754	06h 14m 50s	+19° 09’ 24”
Star	HIP 29010	6.9406	06h 07m 17s	+20° 49’ 12”
Star	HIP 29545	6.5898	06h 13m 33s	+18° 40’ 49”
Star	HIP 29216	7.5682	06h 09m 39s	+20° 29’ 15”
Star	HIP 29354	8.4426	06h 11m 15s	+20° 33’ 56”
Star	HIP 28979	8.6926	06h 06m 56s	+19° 27’ 45”
Star	HIP 29367	6.8312	06h 11m 23s	+20° 54’ 19”
Star	HIP 29501	8.4198	06h 12m 58s	+20° 04’ 13”
Star	HIP 29786	8.8338	06h 16m 17s	+19° 36’ 09”
Star	HIP 29897	8.505	06h 17m 42s	+20° 26’ 30”
Star	HIP 29522	7.4144	06h 13m 10s	+19° 00’ 33”
Star	HIP 29566	7.6498	06h 13m 44s	+19° 20’ 00”
Star	HIP 29775	7.6228	06h 16m 09s	+19° 03’ 18”
Star	HIP 29511	8.2424	06h 13m 01s	+19° 49’ 01”
Star	HIP 29587	8.628	06h 14m 06s	+20° 10’ 10”

Additional resources

• 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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