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 98760	7.2	20h 03m 33s	-15° 24’ 48”
Star	HIP 98947	7.4656	20h 05m 21s	-16° 22’ 23”
Star	HIP 99034	8.0686	20h 06m 23s	-14° 54’ 42”
Star	HIP 98993	8.3804	20h 05m 48s	-15° 45’ 21”
Star	HIP 99095	7.8116	20h 07m 03s	-17° 11’ 42”
Star	HIP 99249	8.1468	20h 08m 49s	-15° 24’ 43”
Star	HIP 98676	7.7622	20h 02m 33s	-15° 52’ 27”
Star	HIP 99216	6.4116	20h 08m 29s	-15° 01’ 53”
Star	HIP 99224	8.055	20h 08m 33s	-15° 43’ 43”
Star	HIP 98986	8.4366	20h 05m 43s	-15° 25’ 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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