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Asteroid (18) Melpomene at magnitude 10.3 is currently passing NGC 4260 in the constellation Virgo

Asteroid (18) Melpomene, at magnitude +9.7 is currently passing 70 Cetus

Asteroid 18 Melpomene passes 0.64 degrees SSW of 1 Ceres tonite at 00UT/01BST in the constellation Pisces: pic.twitter.com/g8lFhBDujL

David Dickinson (@Astroguyz) September 8, 2016

Ephemeris

Date       UT      R.A. (J2000) Decl.    Delta     r     El.    Ph.   Mag
2015 04 30 000000 14 55 38.7 -01 02 36   1.754   2.738  164.8   5.5  10.3
2015 05 01 000000 14 54 42.5 -00 56 31   1.752   2.737  164.9   5.5  10.3
2015 05 02 000000 14 53 46.0 -00 50 34   1.751   2.736  164.9   5.5  10.3
2015 05 03 000000 14 52 49.2 -00 44 43   1.749   2.735  164.9   5.5  10.3
2015 05 04 000000 14 51 52.2 -00 39 01   1.749   2.734  164.7   5.6  10.3
2015 05 05 000000 14 50 55.1 -00 33 27   1.748   2.733  164.5   5.7  10.3
2015 05 06 000000 14 49 57.9 -00 28 01   1.748   2.732  164.1   5.8  10.3
2015 05 07 000000 14 49 00.7 -00 22 44   1.748   2.731  163.7   5.9  10.3
2015 05 08 000000 14 48 03.6 -00 17 36   1.748   2.730  163.2   6.1  10.3
2015 05 09 000000 14 47 06.5 -00 12 38   1.749   2.729  162.7   6.3  10.3
2015 05 10 000000 14 46 09.6 -00 07 49   1.750   2.728  162.1   6.5  10.3
2015 05 11 000000 14 45 13.0 -00 03 10   1.751   2.727  161.4   6.8  10.4
2015 05 12 000000 14 44 16.6 +00 01 19   1.752   2.726  160.7   7.0  10.4
2015 05 13 000000 14 43 20.6 +00 05 38   1.754   2.725  159.9   7.3  10.4
2015 05 14 000000 14 42 25.0 +00 09 45   1.756   2.724  159.1   7.6  10.4
2015 05 15 000000 14 41 29.8 +00 13 42   1.758   2.722  158.3   7.9  10.4
2015 05 16 000000 14 40 35.2 +00 17 28   1.760   2.721  157.4   8.2  10.4
2015 05 17 000000 14 39 41.1 +00 21 03   1.763   2.720  156.5   8.5  10.4
2015 05 18 000000 14 38 47.7 +00 24 26   1.766   2.719  155.6   8.8  10.4
2015 05 19 000000 14 37 55.0 +00 27 37   1.769   2.718  154.7   9.2  10.5
2015 05 20 000000 14 37 03.0 +00 30 37   1.772   2.717  153.7   9.5  10.5
2015 05 21 000000 14 36 11.8 +00 33 25   1.776   2.716  152.8   9.8  10.5
2015 05 22 000000 14 35 21.5 +00 36 01   1.780   2.715  151.8  10.1  10.5
2015 05 23 000000 14 34 32.0 +00 38 25   1.784   2.713  150.8  10.5  10.5
2015 05 24 000000 14 33 43.5 +00 40 37   1.789   2.712  149.8  10.8  10.5
2015 05 25 000000 14 32 56.0 +00 42 36   1.793   2.711  148.9  11.1  10.6
2015 05 26 000000 14 32 09.5 +00 44 24   1.798   2.710  147.9  11.5  10.6
2015 05 27 000000 14 31 24.1 +00 45 59   1.803   2.709  146.9  11.8  10.6
2015 05 28 000000 14 30 39.8 +00 47 22   1.808   2.707  145.9  12.1  10.6
2015 05 29 000000 14 29 56.6 +00 48 33   1.814   2.706  144.8  12.5  10.6
2015 05 30 000000 14 29 14.6 +00 49 32   1.820   2.705  143.8  12.8  10.6
2015 05 31 000000 14 28 33.8 +00 50 19   1.826   2.704  142.8  13.1  10.6