16 Psyche live position and data

This page shows Asteroid 16 Psyche 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 16 Psyche (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 82244	8.6438	16h 48m 12s	-20° 56’ 50”
Star	HIP 82547	8.189	16h 52m 20s	-19° 21’ 24”
Star	HIP 83021	8.4372	16h 57m 53s	-19° 47’ 29”
Star	HIP 82787	7.7612	16h 55m 06s	-18° 53’ 02”
Star	HIP 82760	8.4168	16h 54m 51s	-20° 47’ 37”
Star	HIP 82443	8.8666	16h 50m 55s	-19° 50’ 15”
Star	HIP 82951	7.583	16h 57m 03s	-19° 32’ 23”
Star	HIP 82822	6.6384	16h 55m 32s	-21° 34’ 10”
Star	HIP 82306	8.4406	16h 49m 01s	-20° 27’ 21”
Star	HIP 82465	7.871	16h 51m 10s	-19° 11’ 11”
Star	HIP 82621	5.8114	16h 53m 25s	-20° 24’ 55”
Star	HIP 83070	8.8244	16h 58m 28s	-20° 47’ 08”
Galaxy	ESO 586-6	13.9	16h 58m 06s	-21° 16’ 27”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Asteroid 16 Psyche

• 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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