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 70702	0	14h 27m 39s	-00° 54’ 05”
Star	HIP 70845	0	14h 29m 16s	+00° 18’ 17”
Star	HIP 70983	0	14h 31m 06s	+00° 37’ 57”
Star	HIP 70649	7.9668	14h 27m 01s	+01° 08’ 34”
Star	HIP 70566	8.269	14h 26m 03s	-00° 41’ 30”
Star	HIP 70319	6.2022	14h 23m 15s	+01° 14’ 33”
Star	HIP 70553	7.0864	14h 25m 55s	+00° 59’ 34”
Star	HIP 70652	7.813	14h 27m 02s	+01° 42’ 53”
Star	HIP 70817	8.4846	14h 28m 57s	+01° 03’ 21”
Star	HIP 70811	8.2154	14h 28m 52s	+01° 37’ 58”
Star	HIP 70894	5.9476	14h 29m 50s	+00° 49’ 44”

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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