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 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).

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 16134	0	03h 27m 52s	-19° 48’ 18”
Star	HIP 16611	4.2698	03h 33m 47s	-21° 37’ 58”
Star	HIP 16348	7.395	03h 30m 40s	-19° 26’ 08”
Star	HIP 16237	8.0784	03h 29m 17s	-21° 22’ 16”
Star	HIP 16265	8.4106	03h 29m 38s	-21° 25’ 14”
Star	HIP 16816	7.3538	03h 36m 25s	-19° 22’ 36”
Star	HIP 16251	7.1562	03h 29m 25s	-19° 33’ 16”
Star	HIP 16446	8.3166	03h 31m 48s	-19° 18’ 57”
Star	HIP 16629	8.8348	03h 33m 58s	-20° 22’ 11”
Star	HIP 16776	8.6668	03h 35m 54s	-20° 09’ 07”
Star	HIP 16451	8.8	03h 31m 54s	-20° 22’ 04”
Galaxy	ESO 548-47	13.7	03h 34m 43s	-19° 01’ 44”
Galaxy	NGC 1359	12.6	03h 33m 47s	-19° 29’ 29”
Galaxy	NGC 1370	13.4	03h 35m 14s	-20° 22’ 22”
Galaxy	NGC 1362	13.5	03h 33m 52s	-20° 16’ 53”
Galaxy	NGC 1377	13.4	03h 36m 39s	-20° 54’ 02”
Galaxy	ESO 548-36	14.0	03h 33m 27s	-21° 33’ 51”
Galaxy	NGC 1353	12.3	03h 32m 03s	-20° 49’ 04”
Galaxy	IC 1953	12.3	03h 33m 41s	-21° 28’ 41”

Additional resources

• 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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