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 in the background 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 15501	0	03h 19m 44s	+01° 11’ 56”
Star	HIP 15858	8.4678	03h 24m 15s	+01° 21’ 24”
Star	HIP 15914	8.169	03h 24m 55s	+01° 58’ 34”
Star	HIP 15284	7.7586	03h 17m 11s	+01° 33’ 29”
Star	HIP 16032	8.152	03h 26m 26s	+02° 10’ 11”
Star	HIP 15948	8.6232	03h 25m 20s	+03° 16’ 54”
Star	HIP 15624	8.0462	03h 21m 12s	+00° 32’ 51”
Star	HIP 15523	6.632	03h 20m 01s	+01° 29’ 01”
Star	HIP 15779	8.5808	03h 23m 20s	+02° 50’ 56”
Star	HIP 15732	8.815	03h 22m 42s	+02° 28’ 07”
Star	HIP 15800	6.3652	03h 23m 36s	+00° 54’ 37”
Star	HIP 15599	8.6138	03h 20m 53s	+01° 09’ 54”
Star	HIP 15436	8.942	03h 18m 56s	+02° 18’ 16”
Star	HIP 16086	7.3884	03h 27m 13s	+02° 16’ 48”
Star	HIP 15264	8.6332	03h 16m 53s	+02° 20’ 21”
Star	HIP 15830	8.1738	03h 23m 54s	+03° 02’ 36”

Additional resources

• 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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