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 19554	5.6816	04h 11m 20s	+05° 31’ 22”
Star	HIP 19636	8.8902	04h 12m 28s	+04° 49’ 11”
Star	HIP 18957	5.3162	04h 03m 44s	+05° 26’ 08”
Star	HIP 19189	8.5866	04h 06m 44s	+05° 41’ 12”
Star	HIP 19495	8.5762	04h 10m 35s	+05° 36’ 53”
Star	HIP 19575	7.799	04h 11m 40s	+05° 19’ 23”
Star	HIP 19280	8.1808	04h 07m 53s	+04° 17’ 50”
Star	HIP 19048	8.7462	04h 04m 52s	+04° 47’ 27”
Star	HIP 19657	7.1662	04h 12m 43s	+05° 01’ 51”
Star	HIP 19125	8.7628	04h 06m 00s	+04° 41’ 39”
Star	HIP 19193	8.85	04h 06m 47s	+04° 53’ 18”

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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