13P/Olbers live position and data

This page shows Comet 13P/Olbers 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 Comet 13P/Olbers (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 8014	0	01h 42m 55s	-42° 12’ 11”
Star	HIP 6931	8.8878	01h 29m 18s	-41° 49’ 56”
Star	HIP 7442	8.3174	01h 35m 50s	-43° 00’ 06”
Star	HIP 7164	8.1916	01h 32m 21s	-41° 30’ 21”
Star	HIP 6976	8.6034	01h 29m 49s	-41° 11’ 17”
Star	HIP 7649	6.6488	01h 38m 30s	-42° 55’ 40”
Star	HIP 7484	8.8356	01h 36m 23s	-41° 18’ 28”
Star	HIP 7996	8.2602	01h 42m 42s	-41° 38’ 50”
Galaxy	NGC 641	13.1	01h 38m 39s	-42° 31’ 35”
Galaxy	ESO 244-31	13.8	01h 30m 05s	-42° 41’ 08”
Galaxy	NGC 625	11.7	01h 35m 05s	-41° 26’ 11”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 13P/Olbers

• 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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