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 31108	0	06h 31m 39s	+16° 06’ 52”
Star	HIP 31306	0	06h 33m 54s	+14° 28’ 17”
Star	HIP 31531	7.2114	06h 36m 04s	+13° 41’ 38”
Star	HIP 31706	8.1726	06h 37m 56s	+15° 46’ 18”
Star	HIP 31345	7.4554	06h 34m 21s	+14° 45’ 07”
Star	HIP 31164	7.1704	06h 32m 20s	+15° 42’ 22”
Star	HIP 31191	7.1306	06h 32m 39s	+15° 01’ 15”
Star	HIP 31802	7.801	06h 38m 55s	+15° 12’ 25”
Star	HIP 31770	8.3504	06h 38m 39s	+14° 36’ 39”
Star	HIP 31105	6.3578	06h 31m 37s	+15° 54’ 12”
Star	HIP 31277	5.4424	06h 33m 36s	+14° 09’ 19”
Star	HIP 31404	6.9838	06h 34m 57s	+15° 19’ 49”
Star	HIP 30975	8.0636	06h 30m 05s	+14° 30’ 03”
Star	HIP 31396	6.5146	06h 34m 53s	+16° 12’ 20”
Star	HIP 30998	8.3442	06h 30m 21s	+14° 53’ 39”
Star	HIP 31098	7.6668	06h 31m 33s	+15° 25’ 20”
Star	HIP 31349	8.6392	06h 34m 23s	+16° 04’ 30”
Star	HIP 31574	8.8382	06h 36m 28s	+15° 45’ 00”

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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