48P/Johnson Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 15.938189
Declination: -4.788437 (J2000) Magnitude: 18.10 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Libra
Sun Distance: 438020062 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 292009120 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 77899 | 0 | 15h 54m 29s | -04° 16’ 48” |
Star | HIP 78089 | 0 | 15h 56m 41s | -04° 14’ 19” |
Star | HIP 78125 | 7.9264 | 15h 57m 09s | -05° 23’ 53” |
Star | HIP 77843 | 8.6784 | 15h 53m 39s | -04° 29’ 18” |
Star | HIP 78396 | 8.2208 | 16h 00m 16s | -05° 04’ 53” |
Star | HIP 78336 | 8.9538 | 15h 59m 42s | -05° 04’ 33” |
Star | HIP 78124 | 7.1776 | 15h 57m 08s | -06° 17’ 47” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: