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 56785	0	11h 38m 32s	+10° 33’ 42”
Star	HIP 56646	8.2092	11h 36m 56s	+10° 30’ 37”
Star	HIP 57228	8.7254	11h 44m 03s	+10° 20’ 13”
Star	HIP 57163	8.9384	11h 43m 24s	+10° 59’ 06”
Star	HIP 56553	6.563	11h 35m 43s	+10° 54’ 40”
Star	HIP 56429	6.5658	11h 34m 09s	+11° 01’ 26”
Star	HIP 57159	8.7034	11h 43m 20s	+10° 25’ 24”
Star	HIP 56947	8.8782	11h 40m 28s	+11° 11’ 42”
Star	HIP 56999	8.8464	11h 41m 05s	+10° 48’ 32”
Star	HIP 57219	7.9256	11h 43m 59s	+10° 41’ 09”
Star	HIP 57183	8.618	11h 43m 35s	+10° 41’ 40”
Star	HIP 56535	6.5104	11h 35m 31s	+11° 11’ 19”
Star	HIP 56636	8.888	11h 36m 42s	+11° 40’ 11”
Star	HIP 57292	8.8556	11h 44m 50s	+11° 23’ 09”
Star	HIP 57122	8.64	11h 42m 40s	+11° 51’ 50”
Galaxy	NGC 3869	13.6	11h 45m 45s	+10° 49’ 24”
Galaxy	NGC 3825	13.7	11h 42m 23s	+10° 15’ 51”
Galaxy	NGC 3810	11.3	11h 40m 58s	+11° 28’ 17”
Galaxy	NGC 3773	13.3	11h 38m 13s	+12° 06’ 42”
Galaxy	NGC 3822	13.8	11h 42m 11s	+10° 16’ 38”
Galaxy	NGC 3839	13.8	11h 43m 54s	+10° 46’ 59”

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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