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 37434	7.2074	07h 41m 03s	+24° 57’ 54”
Star	HIP 37848	7.2488	07h 45m 32s	+25° 59’ 19”
Star	HIP 37989	8.9224	07h 47m 09s	+24° 52’ 08”
Star	HIP 37740	3.472	07h 44m 26s	+24° 23’ 53”
Star	HIP 37691	7.0432	07h 43m 58s	+24° 14’ 38”
Star	HIP 37191	8.9018	07h 38m 26s	+25° 04’ 33”
Star	HIP 37452	8.0696	07h 41m 17s	+25° 53’ 19”
Star	HIP 37971	8.4332	07h 46m 58s	+26° 01’ 29”
Star	HIP 37165	6.3452	07h 38m 14s	+24° 21’ 37”
Star	HIP 37788	8.4892	07h 44m 56s	+24° 19’ 13”
Star	HIP 37269	6.1746	07h 39m 12s	+24° 13’ 21”
Star	HIP 37517	8.1196	07h 42m 00s	+24° 03’ 01”
Star	HIP 37704	5.1488	07h 44m 06s	+25° 47’ 03”

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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