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 63155	6.67	12h 56m 26s	-00° 57’ 15”
Star	HIP 63309	7.9804	12h 58m 27s	-01° 03’ 06”
Star	HIP 63361	7.653	12h 58m 59s	-02° 04’ 53”
Star	HIP 63428	8.4228	12h 59m 53s	-00° 13’ 49”
Star	HIP 63453	7.5214	13h 00m 07s	-01° 11’ 09”
Star	HIP 63496	8.266	13h 00m 38s	-02° 33’ 46”
Star	HIP 63659	8.5888	13h 02m 48s	-00° 47’ 39”
Star	HIP 63803	7.0466	13h 04m 38s	-00° 43’ 41”
Star	HIP 63855	8.9248	13h 05m 11s	-01° 09’ 54”
Star	HIP 64000	8.279	13h 06m 53s	-01° 54’ 16”
Galaxy	NGC 4904	12.8	13h 00m 58s	-00° 01’ 39”
Galaxy	IC 849	13.8	13h 07m 38s	-00° 56’ 34”

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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