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 73984	7.9352	15h 07m 09s	-08° 55’ 43”
Star	HIP 73886	8.3746	15h 06m 04s	-09° 32’ 17”
Star	HIP 73906	8.9736	15h 06m 15s	-09° 35’ 28”
Star	HIP 73435	8.156	15h 00m 23s	-09° 08’ 08”
Star	HIP 73587	6.564	15h 02m 30s	-07° 50’ 25”
Star	HIP 73565	6.5674	15h 02m 04s	-08° 20’ 41”
Star	HIP 74067	7.9566	15h 08m 12s	-07° 54’ 43”
Star	HIP 73571	6.374	15h 02m 08s	-07° 34’ 31”
Star	HIP 73473	4.9518	15h 00m 58s	-08° 31’ 08”
Star	HIP 73676	7.3346	15h 03m 36s	-07° 34’ 16”
Star	HIP 73747	7.127	15h 04m 28s	-08° 02’ 48”
Star	HIP 74191	8.514	15h 09m 36s	-07° 52’ 16”
Galaxy	PGC 53779	13.5	15h 04m 13s	-07° 13’ 23”

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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