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 897	0	00h 11m 04s	-05° 47’ 02”
Star	HIP 356	8.3848	00h 04m 30s	-06° 57’ 55”
Star	HIP 556	8.1584	00h 06m 46s	-04° 20’ 59”
Star	HIP 91	7.521	00h 01m 07s	-05° 52’ 27”
Star	HIP 157	8.4328	00h 02m 00s	-05° 12’ 50”
Star	HIP 81	8.5304	00h 00m 58s	-04° 55’ 55”
Star	HIP 154	4.2498	00h 01m 57s	-06° 00’ 50”
Star	HIP 87	7.7572	00h 01m 02s	-05° 50’ 05”
Star	HIP 187	8.9528	00h 02m 24s	-06° 03’ 33”
Star	HIP 205	8.518	00h 02m 34s	-05° 11’ 11”
Star	HIP 118298	6.4504	23h 59m 40s	-05° 53’ 34”
Star	HIP 692	7.599	00h 08m 30s	-06° 47’ 31”
Star	HIP 840	5.7548	00h 10m 18s	-05° 14’ 54”
Star	HIP 637	8.6844	00h 07m 47s	-05° 29’ 09”
Star	HIP 849	8.4904	00h 10m 24s	-06° 02’ 22”
Star	HIP 443	4.5204	00h 05m 20s	-05° 42’ 28”

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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