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 15373	8.2432	03h 18m 13s	-13° 49’ 45”
Star	HIP 15425	7.501	03h 18m 49s	-15° 33’ 04”
Star	HIP 14849	7.6494	03h 11m 46s	-14° 55’ 33”
Star	HIP 15677	7.1352	03h 21m 58s	-15° 27’ 31”
Star	HIP 15413	7.63	03h 18m 41s	-14° 15’ 14”
Star	HIP 15199	7.7976	03h 15m 53s	-14° 47’ 55”
Star	HIP 15784	7.5648	03h 23m 25s	-14° 52’ 34”
Star	HIP 15104	7.6988	03h 14m 49s	-14° 26’ 35”
Star	HIP 15431	8.8424	03h 18m 52s	-14° 53’ 12”
Star	HIP 15127	7.253	03h 15m 04s	-13° 49’ 40”
Star	HIP 15649	8.8464	03h 21m 26s	-15° 47’ 52”
Galaxy	NGC 1309	12.0	03h 22m 06s	-15° 24’ 02”

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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