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 87544	7.1846	17h 53m 05s	-13° 39’ 00”
Star	HIP 87879	7.4888	17h 57m 07s	-13° 39’ 11”
Star	HIP 87444	8.1412	17h 52m 04s	-15° 01’ 34”
Star	HIP 87468	8.8032	17h 52m 18s	-13° 39’ 23”
Star	HIP 86988	8.436	17h 46m 33s	-14° 45’ 26”
Star	HIP 87640	8.7008	17h 54m 06s	-14° 54’ 28”
Star	HIP 86966	8.4472	17h 46m 19s	-14° 04’ 53”
Star	HIP 87074	5.94	17h 47m 36s	-14° 43’ 32”
Star	HIP 87288	8.3786	17h 50m 08s	-14° 13’ 54”

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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