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 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 16 Psyche (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 76152	0	15h 33m 16s	-15° 19’ 34”
Star	HIP 76333	3.8176	15h 35m 31s	-14° 47’ 22”
Star	HIP 76816	8.735	15h 41m 01s	-14° 49’ 23”
Star	HIP 76209	7.2364	15h 34m 03s	-14° 13’ 46”
Star	HIP 76857	8.7036	15h 41m 40s	-15° 33’ 33”
Star	HIP 76458	7.7512	15h 36m 54s	-15° 30’ 50”
Star	HIP 76545	7.3398	15h 37m 59s	-14° 31’ 49”
Star	HIP 76522	8.2878	15h 37m 39s	-16° 43’ 52”
Star	HIP 76895	8.8382	15h 42m 01s	-15° 34’ 00”
Star	HIP 76586	6.6972	15h 38m 29s	-14° 30’ 59”
Star	HIP 76708	7.4562	15h 39m 49s	-14° 03’ 20”
Star	HIP 76562	8.8516	15h 38m 11s	-14° 06’ 04”
Star	HIP 76211	8.4328	15h 34m 05s	-14° 52’ 06”

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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