38P/Stephan-Oterma live position and data

This page shows Comet 38P/Stephan-Oterma 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 38P/Stephan-Oterma (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 1611	6.744	00h 20m 10s	-13° 03’ 41”
Star	HIP 1739	8.3934	00h 22m 00s	-12° 00’ 37”
Star	HIP 1752	8.7072	00h 22m 12s	-13° 27’ 56”
Star	HIP 1803	6.3132	00h 22m 51s	-12° 12’ 34”
Star	HIP 1831	8.3318	00h 23m 12s	-13° 10’ 05”
Star	HIP 1964	8.029	00h 24m 50s	-11° 42’ 39”
Star	HIP 2062	8.701	00h 26m 06s	-13° 04’ 40”
Star	HIP 2066	8.2066	00h 26m 08s	-11° 22’ 36”
Star	HIP 2099	8.5236	00h 26m 36s	-14° 01’ 47”
Star	HIP 2215	7.2362	00h 28m 00s	-11° 39’ 31”
Star	HIP 2283	7.1844	00h 29m 10s	-11° 35’ 53”
Star	HIP 2291	8.8898	00h 29m 15s	-13° 33’ 36”
Star	HIP 2399	8.7788	00h 30m 34s	-13° 42’ 54”
Galaxy	PGC 1579	14.0	00h 25m 13s	-13° 16’ 23”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 38P/Stephan-Oterma

• 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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