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 57183	8.618	11h 43m 35s	+10° 41’ 40”
Star	HIP 57219	7.9256	11h 43m 59s	+10° 41’ 09”
Star	HIP 57228	8.7254	11h 44m 03s	+10° 20’ 13”
Star	HIP 57292	8.8556	11h 44m 50s	+11° 23’ 09”
Star	HIP 57501	8.817	11h 47m 10s	+09° 28’ 11”
Star	HIP 57516	8.8426	11h 47m 20s	+10° 27’ 26”
Star	HIP 57543	8.182	11h 47m 37s	+11° 42’ 30”
Star	HIP 57618	8.6934	11h 48m 51s	+10° 41’ 02”
Star	HIP 57637	8.4048	11h 49m 07s	+11° 52’ 35”
Star	HIP 57734	8.5648	11h 50m 21s	+10° 04’ 02”
Star	HIP 57743	8.3714	11h 50m 28s	+09° 46’ 37”
Star	HIP 57755	8.1806	11h 50m 40s	+09° 30’ 58”
Star	HIP 57821	7.0218	11h 51m 24s	+11° 48’ 18”
Star	HIP 57852	8.6332	11h 51m 51s	+09° 58’ 39”
Star	HIP 57882	8.3016	11h 52m 17s	+10° 59’ 14”
Star	HIP 57888	7.4904	11h 52m 21s	+09° 56’ 52”
Star	HIP 58010	8.4292	11h 53m 53s	+11° 07’ 10”
Star	HIP 58035	7.7858	11h 54m 07s	+09° 53’ 35”
Star	HIP 58049	7.9108	11h 54m 22s	+10° 02’ 56”
Galaxy	NGC 3839	13.8	11h 43m 54s	+10° 46’ 59”
Galaxy	NGC 3869	13.6	11h 45m 45s	+10° 49’ 24”

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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