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Image:
1999 Jan. 22
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We can see it in good condition until June. Northern observers can see it all night now. Southern observers cannot see it.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 13 19 26.37 62 3.9 1.632 1.760 80 9.5 44.9 7.4 5:23 (215, 40)
Feb. 20 19 32.36 67 35.1 1.586 1.776 83 9.5 50.3 5.7 5:16 (208, 42)
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Image:
1999 Jan. 21
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Bright and large. It keeps the good condition until April but the it begins to fade out after March.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 13 9 45.66 34 41.1 1.155 2.106 158 10.5 81.6 299.3 0:18 ( 0, 89)
Feb. 20 9 7.09 38 22.2 1.277 2.186 149 10.9 65.3 292.2 23:03 (180, 86)
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Image:
1999 Jan. 21
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We can see it as around 10-11 mag in good condition until May.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 13 6 19.38 28 5.6 1.372 2.147 130 10.6 14.4 165.9 20:47 ( 0, 83)
Feb. 20 6 22.09 26 30.3 1.425 2.141 123 10.7 14.9 152.9 20:22 ( 0, 81)
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Image:
1999 Jan. 22
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Now at peak. It keeps the good condition until March.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 13 7 5.60 33 30.6 0.895 1.763 138 10.9 14.8 160.2 21:33 ( 0, 88)
Feb. 20 7 9.37 31 52.4 0.939 1.770 133 11.0 16.5 148.5 21:09 ( 0, 87)
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Only southern people can observe it. Norhtern people can never see it again.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 13 4 52.40 -70 50.2 7.745 7.681 82 11.3 6.9 334.3 19:20 ( 0,-16)
Feb. 20 4 48.96 -70 6.0 7.802 7.738 82 11.3 6.7 343.0 19:10 ( 2,-15)
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Image:
1999 Jan. 16
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Only southern people can observe it. It will appear at dawn as 17 mag in mid June for Norhtern observers.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 13 23 21.18 -47 58.1 1.226 0.786 39 11.7 18.7 227.7 19:04 ( 44,-19)
Feb. 20 23 11.41 -49 9.4 1.316 0.846 39 12.2 15.9 239.0 19:10 ( 46,-26)
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Image:
1999 Jan. 16
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Very low in the morning sky. It will be higher gradually. Souther observers cannot see it until late March.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 13 21 6.67 13 34.3 2.262 1.474 28 12.2 1.1 217.7 5:23 (257, 5)
Feb. 20 21 6.24 13 31.8 2.313 1.532 29 12.4 1.1 276.6 5:16 (260, 9)
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Image:
1998 Dec. 13
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Too low to observe. It will appear again in September as 13 mag.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 13 23 12.07 -2 57.0 2.703 1.846 24 12.6 37.6 71.9 19:04 ( 82, 6)
Feb. 20 23 28.93 -1 33.2 2.702 1.817 21 12.4 38.5 71.5 19:10 ( 86, 3)
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Image:
1999 Jan. 16
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It has already became rather faint. It keeps the same apparent location until April. It closes to galaxy NGC 1199(11.5 mag, 2.2'), NGC 1209(11.4 mag, 2.6') on Feb. 15.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 13 2 58.30 -16 15.2 1.439 1.525 75 12.8 47.1 72.2 19:04 ( 28, 34)
Feb. 20 3 19.42 -14 34.0 1.531 1.588 74 13.2 44.9 71.5 19:10 ( 33, 34)
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Image:
1999 Jan. 16
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Too low to observe. It will appear again in early May as 10 mag.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 13 23 18.39 -0 48.3 3.154 2.313 26 13.1 3.4 130.4 19:04 ( 83, 8)
Feb. 20 23 19.76 -1 2.0 3.152 2.246 19 13.0 3.7 118.1 19:10 ( 88, 1)
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Image:
1999 Jan. 10
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It was still bright as around 12.0 mag in January, but very faint as 15 mag by CCD.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 13 23 50.96 -3 27.4 2.741 1.984 32 13.5 35.9 64.9 19:04 ( 76, 13)
Feb. 20 0 5.93 -1 42.2 2.825 2.028 29 13.7 34.9 64.9 19:10 ( 81, 11)
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Image:
1998 Dec. 5
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It locates high in the Southern Hemisphere. It keeps locating at altitude 6 deg until April it in the Northern Hemisphere. It is rather bright as 13.0 mag visually now.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 13 9 8.56 -48 16.5 3.768 4.315 117 13.8 16.7 248.1 23:34 ( 0, 7)
Feb. 20 8 57.53 -48 52.6 3.727 4.279 117 13.7 16.2 255.1 22:56 ( 0, 6)
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Image:
1999 Jan. 27
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It is so faint as 17 mag now. It keeps the current altitude until July in the Norhtern Hemisphere.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 13 15 19.30 -28 8.0 6.125 6.189 89 13.9 4.3 125.1 5:23 (354, 27)
Feb. 20 15 20.90 -28 24.5 6.011 6.187 95 13.8 3.4 132.0 5:16 (358, 27)
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Image:
1998 Dec. 13
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Not observable. It will appear again in late May as 14 mag.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 13 22 12.37 -20 22.3 5.406 4.435 9 13.8 12.5 98.1 19:04 ( 76,-16)
Feb. 20 22 18.54 -20 34.7 5.452 4.480 9 13.9 12.4 98.3 19:10 ( 80,-22)
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Not yet observed in this return. The ephemeris says it will be bright as 14 mag, so CCD observers may catch it soon. Now is the chance to observe it for the first time. But there are so many stars around and the observation is very hard. It will be at the peak in June and reach to 13 mag, but the altitude keeps only about 15 deg for the Northern people until June. It closes to Nova Sco 1997 down to 0.39 deg on Feb. 18 (21h UT), however, the nova will be too faint.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 13 17 34.19 -29 23.0 1.940 1.674 59 14.6 44.2 94.9 5:23 (324, 15)
Feb. 20 17 58.11 -29 41.8 1.862 1.640 61 14.4 45.2 92.3 5:16 (324, 15)
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 13 6 16.14 37 11.2 1.327 2.086 128 14.8 14.5 143.8 20:44 (180, 88)
Feb. 20 6 21.77 35 51.6 1.422 2.125 122 15.0 15.5 135.5 20:22 (180, 89)
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Not yet observed in this return. Although it is not observable now, we can observe it for a while as 15-16 mag after appearing again at dawn as 15 mag in next summer.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 13 22 35.19 -7 17.4 2.942 1.998 13 14.9 35.6 56.1 19:04 ( 84, -4)
Feb. 20 22 49.09 -4 57.3 2.952 1.990 11 14.8 35.9 55.8 19:10 ( 89, -7)
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Image:
1999 Jan. 10
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Bright as around 14.0 mag visually, around 15.0 mag by CCD. The brightness is at peak now.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 13 4 30.51 22 7.3 1.196 1.743 105 15.0 29.1 45.5 19:04 ( 6, 77)
Feb. 20 4 41.75 24 23.0 1.267 1.753 101 15.2 29.7 51.7 19:10 ( 32, 78)
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 13 6 37.47 27 34.9 1.366 2.174 134 15.9 2.9 184.6 21:05 ( 0, 83)
Feb. 20 6 38.27 27 13.4 1.395 2.146 127 15.9 4.6 134.5 20:38 ( 0, 82)
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It is getting brighter now, so CCD observers will catch it soon. It should be fainter than the ephemeris.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 13 16 6.77 -8 23.0 2.320 2.403 82 16.1 21.9 92.1 5:23 (335, 43)
Feb. 20 16 17.00 -8 26.2 2.194 2.361 87 15.9 21.4 90.3 5:16 (338, 44)
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Image:
1999 Jan. 10
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The current brightness and condition will keep until early April. Visual observers reported it much brighter, 13.5-14.0 mag.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 13 3 10.89 7 38.6 2.476 2.563 83 16.1 22.0 47.0 19:04 ( 41, 56)
Feb. 20 3 18.84 9 21.7 2.573 2.574 79 16.2 22.7 50.5 19:10 ( 52, 54)
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Image:
1998 Dec. 12
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14 mag visually, but 16 mag by CCD. It closes to (3200) Phaethon down to 0.41 deg on Feb. 16 (12h UT).
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 13 1 51.99 20 9.3 2.823 2.645 69 16.1 22.0 70.3 19:04 ( 79, 51)
Feb. 20 2 2.50 21 1.4 2.918 2.658 65 16.2 22.7 70.7 19:10 ( 84, 47)
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Image:
1999 Jan. 22
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17.0 mag on Jan. 22. Although it was 0.5 mag fainter than the ephemeris in 1997 and 1998, it is now 1 mag fainter than the ephemeris.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 13 16 6.49 -17 37.7 9.419 9.313 80 16.1 3.4 90.9 5:23 (339, 35)
Feb. 20 16 7.97 -17 37.5 9.313 9.323 87 16.1 2.7 87.8 5:16 (344, 36)
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Image:
1998 Dec. 12
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14.5 mag visually and 15 mag by CCD. It will be higher gradually and we can trace it while fading gradually after this.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 13 21 16.42 35 8.3 3.870 3.310 49 16.1 25.9 62.4 5:23 (238, 15)
Feb. 20 21 29.53 36 32.8 3.918 3.350 48 16.2 25.6 61.4 5:16 (237, 17)
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Appearing at dawn. Last observation is on Sept. 16. It keeps 16 mag until August, locating in good position.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 13 20 20.46 -7 55.5 4.187 3.287 21 16.3 24.0 68.2 5:23 (281, 2)
Feb. 20 20 30.82 -6 51.8 4.176 3.309 25 16.3 23.6 66.9 5:16 (282, 5)
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Image:
1998 Dec. 24
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It keeps the same brightness for a while after this.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 13 6 20.09 20 56.7 0.974 1.783 130 17.0 9.5 127.3 20:48 ( 0, 76)
Feb. 20 6 24.86 20 17.9 1.015 1.777 124 17.1 12.7 114.9 20:25 ( 0, 75)
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No observations reported since last May. It appears at dawn. It is close to a globular cluster NGC 6440(9.7 mag, 5.4') on Feb. 20.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 13 17 37.40 -20 41.1 3.037 2.670 59 17.4 23.6 88.9 5:23 (319, 22)
Feb. 20 17 48.88 -20 35.9 2.975 2.685 63 17.4 22.5 87.5 5:16 (321, 23)
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Mother asteroid of Geminids. CCD observers will be able to catch it because it is stellar in a good position. It closes to P/1998 S1 (LINEAR-Mueller) down to 0.41 deg on Feb. 16 (12h UT).
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 13 1 55.47 20 27.7 1.960 1.875 70 17.4 12.2 102.9 19:04 ( 78, 52)
Feb. 20 2 1.91 20 12.7 2.007 1.819 64 17.4 14.0 96.5 19:10 ( 83, 46)
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Image:
1999 Jan. 22
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It will keep the brightness for a long time after this, but it keeps very low for the Northern people.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 13 14 54.31 -28 48.8 3.522 3.726 94 17.4 12.1 158.1 5:23 ( 0, 26)
Feb. 20 14 56.27 -30 6.8 3.447 3.751 100 17.4 11.4 165.8 4:58 ( 0, 25)
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Image:
1999 Jan. 22
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A Centaur asteroid. CCD observers will be able to catch it because it is stellar in a good position.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 13 9 22.19 5 26.1 12.539 13.513 170 17.6 3.5 280.3 23:49 ( 0, 60)
Feb. 20 9 20.58 5 30.8 12.548 13.510 166 17.6 3.5 281.7 23:20 ( 0, 61)
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No observations reported recently. Maybe much fainter than the ephemeris.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 13 11 47.05 -4 58.6 2.303 3.159 144 17.8 5.5 291.2 2:17 ( 0, 50)
Feb. 20 11 44.22 -4 40.9 2.234 3.142 152 17.7 7.5 293.9 1:47 ( 0, 50)
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 13 3 0.49 11 23.4 3.161 3.180 82 17.7 13.8 72.3 19:04 ( 49, 58)
Feb. 20 3 6.89 11 52.8 3.339 3.259 76 17.9 14.4 72.9 19:10 ( 58, 54)
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It will be lower than 40 deg in March.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 13 3 45.80 -11 5.9 3.753 3.842 87 17.7 10.1 46.9 19:04 ( 17, 42)
Feb. 20 3 49.65 -10 17.3 3.840 3.841 82 17.8 11.2 51.7 19:10 ( 27, 41)
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Image:
1998 Dec. 19
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It is around the aphelion now. The recent magnitude is a bit brighter than the ephemeris.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 13 3 18.21 16 48.7 4.082 4.161 87 17.7 7.0 65.9 19:04 ( 49, 65)
Feb. 20 3 21.68 17 9.8 4.181 4.153 81 17.8 8.4 68.0 19:10 ( 61, 60)
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 13 3 1.23 15 29.8 4.536 4.531 83 18.0 6.7 62.9 19:04 ( 54, 61)
Feb. 20 3 4.40 15 51.9 4.655 4.540 77 18.0 7.8 65.3 19:10 ( 64, 56)
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Not yet observed since it appeared at dawn. We can observe it in good condition for a while.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 13 16 46.89 14 41.0 6.078 5.967 78 18.2 10.8 9.9 5:23 (301, 57)
Feb. 20 16 47.52 15 57.9 5.990 5.979 84 18.2 11.3 3.8 5:16 (307, 62)
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A Centaur asteroid. CCD observers will be able to catch it because it is stellar.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 13 14 25.32 12 32.8 13.472 13.871 111 18.4 1.9 359.7 4:55 ( 0, 68)
Feb. 20 14 25.19 12 46.2 13.395 13.889 118 18.3 2.0 345.6 4:27 ( 0, 68)
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