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 63052	8.844	12h 55m 09s	+01° 29’ 06”
Star	HIP 62849	8.6338	12h 52m 52s	+02° 07’ 01”
Star	HIP 62736	8.6266	12h 51m 18s	+01° 05’ 07”
Star	HIP 63056	6.8362	12h 55m 11s	+03° 02’ 57”
Star	HIP 62924	8.717	12h 53m 42s	+02° 39’ 46”
Star	HIP 63455	8.7062	13h 00m 08s	+02° 23’ 02”
Star	HIP 62595	8.0498	12h 49m 33s	+01° 28’ 29”
Star	HIP 62757	5.8846	12h 51m 36s	+03° 03’ 24”
Star	HIP 63037	7.945	12h 55m 02s	+02° 19’ 55”
Star	HIP 63235	6.8736	12h 57m 26s	+01° 25’ 40”
Star	HIP 62835	7.771	12h 52m 34s	+01° 56’ 37”
Star	HIP 62607	8.0496	12h 49m 44s	+01° 11’ 22”
Star	HIP 62966	8.4008	12h 54m 10s	+02° 38’ 00”
Galaxy	NGC 4771	13.0	12h 53m 21s	+01° 16’ 14”
Galaxy	NGC 4772	11.6	12h 53m 28s	+02° 10’ 10”
Galaxy	NGC 4845	12.1	12h 58m 01s	+01° 34’ 29”

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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