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 57856	7.821	11h 51m 56s	+08° 49’ 21”
Star	HIP 57858	7.2366	11h 51m 57s	+08° 49’ 48”
Star	HIP 57990	7.8058	11h 53m 40s	+08° 34’ 19”
Star	HIP 58035	7.7858	11h 54m 07s	+09° 53’ 35”
Star	HIP 58049	7.9108	11h 54m 22s	+10° 02’ 56”
Star	HIP 58110	5.4892	11h 55m 03s	+08° 26’ 38”
Star	HIP 58179	8.8592	11h 55m 56s	+09° 50’ 49”
Star	HIP 58207	8.5272	11h 56m 15s	+09° 54’ 42”
Star	HIP 58337	7.305	11h 57m 48s	+08° 59’ 22”
Star	HIP 58393	8.5318	11h 58m 23s	+09° 33’ 09”
Star	HIP 58602	8.2328	12h 01m 01s	+07° 54’ 54”
Star	HIP 58607	0	12h 01m 06s	+08° 48’ 05”
Star	HIP 58715	7.4698	12h 02m 35s	+08° 04’ 11”

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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