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 62688	8.9174	12h 50m 44s	-03° 42’ 25”
Star	HIP 62141	6.754	12h 44m 11s	-02° 50’ 33”
Star	HIP 62234	7.2306	12h 45m 17s	-03° 53’ 17”
Star	HIP 61921	8.5302	12h 41m 25s	-03° 59’ 38”
Star	HIP 62039	7.7496	12h 42m 59s	-04° 02’ 56”
Star	HIP 61791	7.8812	12h 39m 53s	-03° 03’ 58”
Star	HIP 61953	8.7754	12h 41m 49s	-02° 45’ 01”
Star	HIP 62036	8.9248	12h 42m 56s	-02° 15’ 04”
Star	HIP 62233	8.1032	12h 45m 17s	-03° 53’ 01”
Star	HIP 62185	8.8784	12h 44m 40s	-02° 42’ 27”
Galaxy	NGC 4691	11.7	12h 48m 13s	-03° 19’ 59”
Galaxy	NGC 4684	12.4	12h 47m 17s	-02° 43’ 39”

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.

Close