{"id":1877,"date":"2018-11-08T14:30:50","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T14:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/?p=1877"},"modified":"2018-12-10T14:01:48","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T14:01:48","slug":"comet38p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/comet38p\/","title":{"rendered":"Comet 38P – Stephan-Oterma"},"content":{"rendered":"

Comet 38P \u2013 Stephan-Oterma<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Click here to download a printable pdf version of this page.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

This period comet was discovered in 1867, by two observers in Marseilles Observatory.<\/p>\n

It orbits The Sun in a 38 year orbit, moving out beyond the orbit of Uranus at Aphelion, perihelion at about the same distance from The Sun as Mars.<\/p>\n

This comet reaches perihelion early this month, and will pass about 0.8 Astronomical Units (~74,000,000 miles) from Earth, reaching peak brightness around the 23rd<\/sup> of November.<\/p>\n

The comet is currently (8th<\/sup> November 2018) about +10th<\/sup> magnitude but brightening slowly.<\/p>\n

It could reach a maximum brightness of +9.5 on the 23rd<\/sup> of November.<\/p>\n

The comet is moving in a wide arc just below Gemini, heading north-eastwards towards Lynx by the end of the year. By this time, it will have faded considerably.<\/p>\n

Use the map at the bottom of this blog entry to find the comet.<\/p>\n

Being so far north, it will be visible for the duration of its apparition.<\/p>\n

It certainly won\u2019t be as bright as Comet 46P, which should be very bright in December and is the subject of a separate blog entry:
\nhttp:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/comet-46p<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Click here to download a printable pdf version of this page.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Path of comet 38P during January.<\/p>\n

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