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 67674	6.4242	13h 51m 51s	+10° 08’ 09”
Star	HIP 67404	7.176	13h 48m 51s	+09° 42’ 48”
Star	HIP 67377	8.8902	13h 48m 33s	+10° 09’ 03”
Star	HIP 67416	7.9908	13h 48m 59s	+10° 04’ 28”
Star	HIP 67449	8.6078	13h 49m 22s	+10° 35’ 26”
Star	HIP 67312	8.4638	13h 47m 51s	+08° 00’ 05”
Star	HIP 67283	8.4406	13h 47m 21s	+10° 56’ 14”
Star	HIP 67115	7.4058	13h 45m 20s	+09° 03’ 28”
Star	HIP 67104	6.289	13h 45m 13s	+10° 19’ 31”
Star	HIP 67379	6.7752	13h 48m 34s	+07° 57’ 36”
Star	HIP 67481	6.5966	13h 49m 44s	+08° 24’ 30”
Star	HIP 67105	8.3868	13h 45m 14s	+08° 50’ 10”
Star	HIP 67233	8.454	13h 46m 37s	+10° 50’ 26”
Star	HIP 67805	8.6682	13h 53m 26s	+09° 07’ 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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