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 45602	7.9246	09h 17m 41s	+39° 11’ 50”
Star	HIP 45403	7.7882	09h 15m 09s	+37° 03’ 36”
Star	HIP 45389	6.7298	09h 14m 57s	+38° 36’ 32”
Star	HIP 46025	8.6506	09h 23m 11s	+37° 23’ 17”
Star	HIP 45067	7.9876	09h 10m 45s	+38° 20’ 43”
Star	HIP 45688	3.9192	09h 18m 50s	+36° 48’ 10”
Star	HIP 45788	7.424	09h 20m 07s	+37° 45’ 20”
Star	HIP 46033	8.6702	09h 23m 19s	+38° 20’ 39”
Star	HIP 45669	8.8238	09h 18m 33s	+38° 05’ 25”
Star	HIP 45536	8.5634	09h 16m 51s	+37° 02’ 18”
Star	HIP 45858	6.119	09h 20m 59s	+38° 11’ 17”
Star	HIP 45405	8.4668	09h 15m 09s	+38° 20’ 05”

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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