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 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 37P/Forbes (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 60479	8.8334	12h 23m 55s	-08° 22’ 07”
Star	HIP 60816	6.6912	12h 27m 55s	-08° 40’ 40”
Star	HIP 60407	6.8648	12h 23m 09s	-07° 17’ 56”
Star	HIP 60147	8.7892	12h 20m 04s	-08° 07’ 33”
Star	HIP 61110	8.8846	12h 31m 27s	-08° 09’ 30”
Star	HIP 60179	8.9218	12h 20m 26s	-07° 36’ 49”
Star	HIP 60690	8.2318	12h 26m 19s	-07° 19’ 48”
Star	HIP 60315	8.8416	12h 22m 04s	-08° 33’ 27”
Star	HIP 60745	7.8716	12h 26m 58s	-08° 49’ 46”
Star	HIP 60820	8.0618	12h 27m 59s	-07° 34’ 05”
Galaxy	NGC 4404	12.0	12h 26m 16s	-07° 40’ 50”
Galaxy	NGC 4428	13.5	12h 27m 28s	-08° 10’ 05”
Galaxy	NGC 4487	11.7	12h 31m 04s	-08° 03’ 15”
Galaxy	NGC 4433	13.2	12h 27m 38s	-08° 16’ 46”
Galaxy	NGC 4403	13.8	12h 26m 12s	-07° 41’ 03”
Galaxy	PGC 41291	12.9	12h 30m 16s	-08° 23’ 48”

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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