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 57897	7.878	11h 52m 30s	+15° 50’ 45”
Star	HIP 58325	8.9464	11h 57m 37s	+16° 25’ 50”
Star	HIP 58159	5.5166	11h 55m 40s	+15° 38’ 48”
Star	HIP 58130	8.44	11h 55m 23s	+15° 06’ 40”
Star	HIP 58327	6.739	11h 57m 42s	+17° 28’ 04”
Star	HIP 57920	6.8186	11h 52m 46s	+15° 26’ 11”
Star	HIP 58438	8.666	11h 58m 55s	+15° 15’ 57”
Star	HIP 58203	7.9612	11h 56m 12s	+15° 43’ 44”
Star	HIP 58012	8.971	11h 53m 56s	+15° 54’ 30”
Star	HIP 58537	8.52	12h 00m 14s	+16° 36’ 15”
Star	HIP 57952	8.5726	11h 53m 10s	+16° 50’ 56”
Star	HIP 57969	8.7938	11h 53m 25s	+15° 59’ 00”
Galaxy	NGC 4014	13.3	11h 58m 35s	+16° 10’ 40”

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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