48P/Johnson Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 15.796026
Declination: -4.482872 (J2000) Magnitude: 17.93 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Libra
Sun Distance: 431276377 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 283437267 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 10 Sep 2018 15:12 UTC [] |
This page shows Comet 48P/Johnson 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 in the background 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).
List of bright objects (stars brighter than magnitude 9.0 and galaxies brighter than magmitude 14.0) close to Comet 48P/Johnson (less than 1.5 degrees):
Type | Name | Magnitude | Ar | Dec |
Star | HIP 77843 | 8.6784 | 15h 53m 39s | -04° 29’ 18” |
Star | HIP 77464 | 5.513 | 15h 48m 56s | -03° 49’ 06” |
Star | HIP 77516 | 3.5554 | 15h 49m 37s | -03° 25’ 48” |
Star | HIP 77486 | 8.4592 | 15h 49m 17s | -04° 57’ 41” |
Star | HIP 77089 | 8.4362 | 15h 44m 26s | -03° 50’ 18” |
Star | HIP 77344 | 8.6034 | 15h 47m 22s | -05° 07’ 07” |
Star | HIP 77542 | 7.122 | 15h 49m 57s | -03° 55’ 16” |
Star | HIP 76930 | 8.5412 | 15h 42m 31s | -05° 08’ 31” |
Star | HIP 77410 | 8.0712 | 15h 48m 11s | -04° 47’ 09” |
Star | HIP 77266 | 7.879 | 15h 46m 30s | -04° 03’ 35” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: