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 13994	8.4444	03h 00m 10s	+25° 14’ 44”
Star	HIP 13867	7.3116	02h 58m 35s	+24° 08’ 01”
Star	HIP 13607	8.638	02h 55m 20s	+24° 44’ 12”
Star	HIP 14230	6.9958	03h 03m 28s	+23° 03’ 41”
Star	HIP 14080	7.9544	03h 01m 28s	+25° 07’ 35”
Star	HIP 14129	8.5176	03h 02m 13s	+23° 25’ 39”
Star	HIP 14451	8.5968	03h 06m 32s	+24° 13’ 17”
Star	HIP 14376	5.4672	03h 05m 26s	+25° 15’ 18”
Galaxy	NGC 1156	12.3	02h 59m 42s	+25° 14’ 15”

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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