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 6536	8.908	01h 24m 01s	-37° 35’ 58”
Star	HIP 6117	8.7016	01h 18m 32s	-36° 15’ 32”
Star	HIP 6996	8.7144	01h 30m 02s	-36° 25’ 29”
Star	HIP 6457	7.1808	01h 23m 02s	-37° 42’ 08”
Star	HIP 6440	6.6012	01h 22m 43s	-36° 35’ 47”
Star	HIP 6672	8.8576	01h 25m 37s	-38° 10’ 55”
Star	HIP 6068	8.59	01h 17m 52s	-36° 31’ 46”
Star	HIP 6742	8.9212	01h 26m 48s	-36° 22’ 56”
Star	HIP 6021	7.584	01h 17m 21s	-37° 16’ 12”
Star	HIP 6827	8.5162	01h 27m 49s	-37° 40’ 05”
Star	HIP 6899	7.3416	01h 28m 49s	-36° 49’ 59”
Star	HIP 6313	8.952	01h 21m 06s	-35° 36’ 29”
Star	HIP 6257	7.4528	01h 20m 15s	-36° 14’ 34”
Star	HIP 6865	8.947	01h 28m 20s	-36° 04’ 35”
Star	HIP 6393	6.6796	01h 22m 09s	-37° 03’ 05”
Galaxy	NGC 568	13.5	01h 27m 56s	-35° 43’ 05”

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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