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 68997	8.0344	14h 07m 33s	-01° 04’ 37”
Star	HIP 69497	8.9222	14h 13m 41s	+00° 42’ 40”
Star	HIP 69058	7.899	14h 08m 07s	-01° 02’ 54”
Star	HIP 69265	6.8394	14h 10m 47s	+00° 47’ 58”
Star	HIP 69009	7.9044	14h 07m 39s	-00° 11’ 23”
Star	HIP 69025	7.106	14h 07m 50s	-00° 03’ 21”
Star	HIP 69190	7.0934	14h 09m 53s	-00° 39’ 04”
Star	HIP 69493	5.8582	14h 13m 40s	-00° 50’ 42”
Galaxy	IC 976	14.0	14h 08m 42s	-01° 09’ 39”
Galaxy	NGC 5496	12.9	14h 11m 37s	-01° 09’ 28”

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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