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 52051	8.7894	10h 38m 10s	+26° 36’ 25”
Star	HIP 51440	8.058	10h 30m 21s	+27° 20’ 08”
Star	HIP 51303	7.8428	10h 28m 44s	+26° 55’ 23”
Star	HIP 51953	8.444	10h 36m 46s	+27° 46’ 34”
Star	HIP 51617	8.849	10h 32m 43s	+26° 17’ 18”
Star	HIP 51406	7.7736	10h 29m 58s	+27° 49’ 32”
Star	HIP 51340	8.6264	10h 29m 12s	+27° 29’ 56”
Star	HIP 51235	8.6682	10h 27m 55s	+27° 12’ 40”
Star	HIP 51770	7.8	10h 34m 43s	+26° 09’ 32”
Star	HIP 51954	8.5822	10h 36m 47s	+26° 10’ 28”
Star	HIP 51781	6.705	10h 34m 49s	+27° 57’ 42”
Star	HIP 52185	8.184	10h 39m 40s	+26° 38’ 10”
Star	HIP 51664	8.5842	10h 33m 16s	+27° 46’ 31”
Galaxy	NGC 3277	12.5	10h 32m 55s	+28° 30’ 42”
Galaxy	NGC 3274	13.2	10h 32m 16s	+27° 40’ 13”

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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