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 in the background 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 74116	8.2346	15h 08m 49s	-06° 09’ 32”
Star	HIP 73846	7.6776	15h 05m 31s	-07° 00’ 48”
Star	HIP 74613	8.3758	15h 14m 42s	-07° 28’ 25”
Star	HIP 74213	8.1974	15h 09m 56s	-06° 43’ 03”
Star	HIP 74067	7.9566	15h 08m 12s	-07° 54’ 43”
Star	HIP 74371	8.014	15h 11m 51s	-08° 50’ 23”
Star	HIP 74267	8.3048	15h 10m 41s	-07° 32’ 41”
Star	HIP 74125	8.8392	15h 08m 55s	-06° 34’ 38”
Star	HIP 74191	8.514	15h 09m 36s	-07° 52’ 16”

Additional resources

• 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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