37P/Forbes live position and data

This page shows Comet 37P/Forbes 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 37P/Forbes (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 113712	0	23h 01m 47s	+05° 10’ 44”
Star	HIP 113782	0	23h 02m 32s	+05° 43’ 05”
Star	HIP 114126	7.3864	23h 06m 46s	+05° 02’ 09”
Star	HIP 113976	7.205	23h 04m 57s	+04° 35’ 59”
Star	HIP 114230	7.4894	23h 08m 03s	+04° 52’ 27”
Star	HIP 113832	8.5082	23h 03m 07s	+04° 56’ 25”
Star	HIP 113980	7.0182	23h 05m 00s	+04° 13’ 32”
Star	HIP 114266	7.6228	23h 08m 34s	+04° 40’ 40”
Star	HIP 114525	8.9928	23h 11m 48s	+04° 43’ 14”
Star	HIP 114489	6.6276	23h 11m 14s	+05° 00’ 15”
Star	HIP 114288	8.342	23h 08m 50s	+05° 20’ 15”
Star	HIP 113978	8.7938	23h 04m 59s	+05° 11’ 46”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 37P/Forbes

• 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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