18 Melpomene live position and data

This page shows Asteroid 18 Melpomene 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 Asteroid 18 Melpomene (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 44748	7.275	09h 07m 10s	+09° 40’ 17”
Star	HIP 44984	6.4552	09h 09m 46s	+11° 33’ 52”
Star	HIP 44475	8.2544	09h 03m 41s	+09° 53’ 34”
Star	HIP 44991	8.8494	09h 09m 49s	+10° 29’ 26”
Star	HIP 45111	6.8142	09h 11m 26s	+08° 58’ 33”
Star	HIP 45255	7.684	09h 13m 23s	+10° 18’ 22”
Star	HIP 44935	8.6686	09h 09m 10s	+10° 49’ 19”
Star	HIP 45221	8.0582	09h 12m 56s	+10° 40’ 09”
Star	HIP 44548	7.421	09h 04m 35s	+10° 51’ 00”
Star	HIP 45197	8.8264	09h 12m 37s	+09° 52’ 11”
Star	HIP 44798	5.2498	09h 07m 44s	+10° 40’ 05”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Asteroid 18 Melpomene

• 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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