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 89013	0	18h 10m 02s	-13° 32’ 45”
Star	HIP 88201	8.0548	18h 00m 43s	-13° 46’ 48”
Star	HIP 88928	8.2416	18h 09m 09s	-15° 03’ 32”
Star	HIP 88981	6.2494	18h 09m 43s	-13° 56’ 03”
Star	HIP 88748	8.82	18h 07m 02s	-13° 14’ 09”
Star	HIP 88160	7.8254	18h 00m 20s	-14° 12’ 28”
Star	HIP 88532	8.1406	18h 04m 42s	-15° 21’ 44”
Star	HIP 88197	8.9846	18h 00m 41s	-15° 03’ 50”
Star	HIP 88781	8.5242	18h 07m 26s	-14° 04’ 01”
Star	HIP 88137	8.1174	18h 00m 09s	-14° 47’ 25”
Star	HIP 88706	7.869	18h 06m 34s	-14° 58’ 22”
Star	HIP 88652	7.881	18h 05m 58s	-14° 11’ 52”
Star	HIP 88558	7.8568	18h 04m 57s	-15° 17’ 19”

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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