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 19205	5.1834	04h 07m 00s	+29° 00’ 04”
Star	HIP 18965	8.0772	04h 03m 50s	+29° 11’ 52”
Star	HIP 19385	8.2256	04h 09m 08s	+28° 38’ 34”
Star	HIP 19219	8.485	04h 07m 09s	+27° 30’ 33”
Star	HIP 19792	8.3926	04h 14m 31s	+27° 57’ 35”
Star	HIP 19171	5.1852	04h 06m 36s	+27° 36’ 00”
Star	HIP 19365	8.185	04h 08m 54s	+29° 11’ 26”
Star	HIP 19572	8.1782	04h 11m 37s	+29° 49’ 49”
Star	HIP 19715	7.7904	04h 13m 24s	+29° 07’ 22”
Star	HIP 18972	8.1738	04h 03m 54s	+28° 07’ 33”

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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