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 41753	0	08h 30m 50s	+33° 18’ 32”
Star	HIP 41770	8.3164	08h 31m 04s	+35° 21’ 45”
Star	HIP 41548	7.0288	08h 28m 20s	+33° 41’ 07”
Star	HIP 41669	8.2504	08h 29m 44s	+34° 58’ 23”
Star	HIP 40966	7.0766	08h 21m 37s	+33° 56’ 12”
Star	HIP 40942	8.4142	08h 21m 20s	+34° 18’ 36”
Star	HIP 41356	8.579	08h 26m 13s	+34° 12’ 28”
Star	HIP 41820	7.2142	08h 31m 35s	+34° 57’ 58”
Star	HIP 40931	7.8944	08h 21m 11s	+35° 19’ 47”
Star	HIP 41610	8.391	08h 28m 56s	+33° 43’ 43”
Star	HIP 41931	7.3944	08h 32m 54s	+34° 23’ 04”
Star	HIP 41262	5.94	08h 25m 04s	+35° 00’ 41”
Star	HIP 41642	8.859	08h 29m 28s	+34° 07’ 42”
Star	HIP 41454	8.0948	08h 27m 18s	+35° 49’ 02”

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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