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 45209	8.072	09h 12m 47s	+16° 37’ 49”
Star	HIP 45327	8.6802	09h 14m 15s	+18° 15’ 27”
Star	HIP 44918	7.059	09h 09m 02s	+17° 28’ 11”
Star	HIP 45005	8.8818	09h 09m 59s	+18° 57’ 14”
Star	HIP 45074	7.9304	09h 10m 53s	+18° 53’ 19”
Star	HIP 44908	8.3964	09h 08m 54s	+17° 14’ 03”
Star	HIP 45153	6.8638	09h 11m 56s	+18° 02’ 39”
Star	HIP 44749	8.0442	09h 07m 11s	+18° 08’ 35”
Star	HIP 45217	8.6522	09h 12m 54s	+17° 28’ 36”
Star	HIP 45201	7.6294	09h 12m 40s	+16° 31’ 29”
Star	HIP 44637	8.083	09h 05m 45s	+17° 23’ 24”
Star	HIP 44674	7.4622	09h 06m 15s	+17° 06’ 43”
Star	HIP 44870	7.465	09h 08m 34s	+16° 42’ 06”
Star	HIP 45454	8.5928	09h 15m 49s	+17° 29’ 39”
Galaxy	NGC 2794	14.0	09h 16m 01s	+17° 35’ 27”
Galaxy	NGC 2795	13.9	09h 16m 04s	+17° 37’ 45”

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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