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 53494	8.5406	10h 56m 36s	+17° 39’ 20”
Star	HIP 53124	8.2708	10h 52m 02s	+16° 05’ 44”
Star	HIP 53177	8.5374	10h 52m 40s	+16° 18’ 45”
Star	HIP 53439	7.1638	10h 55m 56s	+18° 09’ 10”
Star	HIP 53225	8.3566	10h 53m 13s	+16° 58’ 32”
Star	HIP 52768	8.9202	10h 47m 22s	+16° 55’ 20”
Star	HIP 53031	8.1038	10h 51m 02s	+16° 03’ 14”
Star	HIP 52926	7.0212	10h 49m 26s	+17° 08’ 47”
Star	HIP 52718	7.4546	10h 46m 41s	+16° 32’ 34”
Galaxy	NGC 3426	14.0	10h 51m 41s	+18° 28’ 51”
Galaxy	NGC 3454	14.0	10h 54m 28s	+17° 20’ 41”
Galaxy	NGC 3455	13.1	10h 54m 31s	+17° 17’ 08”
Galaxy	NGC 3457	13.2	10h 54m 48s	+17° 37’ 18”
Galaxy	IC 642	13.8	10h 48m 08s	+18° 11’ 24”
Galaxy	NGC 3370	12.4	10h 47m 03s	+17° 16’ 26”
Galaxy	NGC 3447	13.9	10h 53m 23s	+16° 46’ 23”

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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