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 89025	8.0866	18h 10m 09s	-17° 43’ 57”
Star	HIP 89060	7.8876	18h 10m 37s	-16° 49’ 28”
Star	HIP 89106	8.5414	18h 11m 10s	-17° 23’ 00”
Star	HIP 89111	8.3044	18h 11m 13s	-16° 42’ 14”
Star	HIP 89164	8.1366	18h 11m 47s	-16° 53’ 38”
Star	HIP 89222	7.493	18h 12m 27s	-16° 22’ 50”
Star	HIP 89251	7.5376	18h 12m 48s	-16° 34’ 32”
Star	HIP 89384	8.18	18h 14m 25s	-18° 09’ 03”
Star	HIP 89444	8.7078	18h 15m 15s	-17° 06’ 17”
Star	HIP 89453	7.5038	18h 15m 20s	-16° 49’ 53”
Star	HIP 89470	6.0376	18h 15m 30s	-18° 39’ 41”
Star	HIP 89511	7.5346	18h 15m 57s	-17° 36’ 28”
Star	HIP 89529	0	18h 16m 06s	-18° 37’ 02”
Star	HIP 89584	8.1422	18h 16m 49s	-16° 31’ 04”
Star	HIP 89609	5.647	18h 17m 11s	-17° 22’ 25”
Star	HIP 89630	6.521	18h 17m 28s	-18° 27’ 48”
Star	HIP 89736	7.5974	18h 18m 46s	-18° 10’ 19”
Star	HIP 89823	6.748	18h 19m 50s	-17° 45’ 02”
Star	HIP 89831	8.6124	18h 19m 53s	-17° 04’ 22”

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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