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 20237	7.3966	04h 20m 12s	+19° 14’ 00”
Star	HIP 20018	7.5146	04h 17m 38s	+19° 33’ 39”
Star	HIP 20336	8.0226	04h 21m 23s	+18° 15’ 58”
Star	HIP 19669	7.7436	04h 12m 49s	+19° 32’ 19”
Star	HIP 20130	8.5142	04h 18m 57s	+19° 54’ 24”
Star	HIP 20369	8.3254	04h 21m 42s	+19° 28’ 06”
Star	HIP 20056	7.4614	04h 18m 01s	+18° 15’ 24”
Star	HIP 20350	6.7754	04h 21m 32s	+18° 25’ 03”
Star	HIP 20255	6.0644	04h 20m 25s	+18° 44’ 33”
Star	HIP 20175	7.8504	04h 19m 30s	+19° 56’ 52”
Star	HIP 19975	7.0954	04h 17m 01s	+19° 40’ 33”
Star	HIP 19990	4.896	04h 17m 15s	+20° 34’ 43”
Star	HIP 19763	8.107	04h 14m 14s	+18° 53’ 38”
Star	HIP 19772	8.1292	04h 14m 20s	+19° 34’ 47”

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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