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Image:
1999 Feb. 25
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We can see it in good condition until June. Southern observers cannot see it until May.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Mar. 20 7 46.53 85 15.4 1.548 1.879 92 9.7 62.3 176.6 19:57 (180,-30)
Mar. 27 7 57.77 78 3.5 1.590 1.914 92 9.8 60.9 176.4 19:40 (180,-23)
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Image:
1999 Feb. 7
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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)
Mar. 20 6 47.40 20 57.0 1.692 2.136 102 11.0 20.4 121.7 19:36 (169, 33)
Mar. 27 6 56.51 19 43.3 1.769 2.140 97 11.1 21.8 118.2 19:26 (167, 34)
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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)
Mar. 20 4 48.34 -67 8.9 8.021 7.963 83 11.5 6.2 15.5 19:36 ( 23, 51)
Mar. 27 4 50.76 -66 28.3 8.074 8.019 83 11.6 6.1 23.2 19:26 ( 25, 50)
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Image:
1999 Feb. 7
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Fading after the perihelion passage. It was one mag fainter than the ephemeris in February.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Mar. 20 7 40.39 25 31.7 1.179 1.822 113 11.7 23.6 123.5 19:50 (180, 30)
Mar. 27 7 50.95 24 1.2 1.252 1.841 109 11.9 25.0 120.8 19:33 (180, 31)
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Image:
1998 Dec. 13
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Not observable. 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)
Mar. 20 0 39.83 4 27.7 2.685 1.723 11 11.9 41.5 71.4 19:36 ( 87,-12)
Mar. 27 0 58.41 5 60.0 2.679 1.705 9 11.7 42.1 71.8 19:26 ( 89,-13)
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Image:
1999 Feb. 6
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Not observable. It will appear again in early May as 10 mag. It was 16 mag by CCD after all...
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Mar. 20 23 27.37 -1 39.4 2.971 1.988 7 12.3 4.6 105.5 4:37 (280,-12)
Mar. 27 23 29.43 -1 48.6 2.881 1.927 13 12.1 4.6 108.1 4:44 (276, -5)
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Mar. 20 7 34.85 42 3.7 2.005 2.503 108 12.5 18.5 269.1 19:43 (180, 13)
Mar. 27 7 25.19 41 57.2 2.213 2.582 100 12.8 12.5 263.8 19:26 (176, 13)
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Image:
1999 Jan. 16
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Only southern people can observe it. It will appear at dawn as 16 mag in mid June for Norhtern observers. It brightened about 1 mag after perihelion passage.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Mar. 20 22 34.27 -51 38.7 1.463 1.193 54 12.8 13.8 246.7 4:37 (317, 25)
Mar. 27 22 24.21 -52 21.0 1.457 1.291 60 13.1 15.6 244.2 4:44 (315, 32)
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Image:
1999 Feb. 25
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It was 14.7 mag on Feb. 22, more than 2 mag fainter than the ephemeris. No observations were reported after that.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Mar. 20 21 0.22 14 19.6 2.339 1.796 45 13.1 6.7 296.8 4:37 (246, 8)
Mar. 27 20 56.84 14 42.5 2.308 1.867 51 13.2 8.8 293.2 4:44 (240, 15)
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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.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Mar. 20 8 17.10 -49 1.6 3.661 4.137 111 13.5 12.0 283.6 20:26 ( 0, 76)
Mar. 27 8 9.45 -48 38.0 3.664 4.102 109 13.5 10.6 291.0 19:51 ( 0, 76)
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Not yet observed in this return. Now is the chance to observe it for the first time. 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 is about to get out of the Milky Way.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Mar. 20 19 38.16 -28 21.5 1.596 1.525 67 13.7 48.2 81.1 4:37 (275, 49)
Mar. 27 20 3.28 -27 19.9 1.542 1.503 68 13.6 48.5 78.4 4:44 (272, 50)
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Image:
1999 Feb. 25
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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)
Mar. 20 15 21.58 -29 11.1 5.584 6.181 122 13.7 2.1 241.6 3:34 (180, 84)
Mar. 27 15 20.31 -29 16.8 5.493 6.179 129 13.6 3.0 257.8 3:05 (180, 84)
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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)
Mar. 20 22 42.34 -21 34.3 5.522 4.664 27 14.1 11.6 103.1 4:37 (290, 9)
Mar. 27 22 47.93 -21 54.0 5.512 4.711 33 14.1 11.3 105.4 4:44 (287, 15)
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Image:
1999 Feb. 6
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Not observable. Although it appears again in July, it will be fainter than 18 mag.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Mar. 20 1 2.15 4 45.3 3.139 2.208 17 14.4 31.4 65.9 19:36 ( 91, -8)
Mar. 27 1 15.44 6 13.1 3.208 2.253 13 14.6 30.6 66.4 19:26 ( 91, -9)
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Image:
1999 Feb. 6
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It was a bit brighter than the ephemeris in February. It keeps the same apparent location until April.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Mar. 20 4 33.80 -8 28.3 1.937 1.843 69 14.7 37.9 72.6 19:36 (114, 43)
Mar. 27 4 50.54 -7 12.4 2.047 1.907 67 15.2 36.4 73.6 19:26 (115, 42)
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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 June. But it should be muyh 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)
Mar. 20 23 44.66 4 38.4 2.968 1.980 5 14.8 36.3 55.0 4:37 (278,-19)
Mar. 27 23 58.63 7 4.2 2.966 1.981 7 14.8 36.3 55.0 4:44 (273,-16)
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Image:
1999 Feb. 22
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It was 18.7 mag on Feb. 22, about 3 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)
Mar. 20 16 54.40 -7 50.3 1.711 2.194 105 15.1 18.0 81.7 4:37 (195, 62)
Mar. 27 17 2.45 -7 30.1 1.597 2.152 109 14.8 16.7 79.1 4:44 (182, 63)
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Image:
1999 Feb. 6
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Fading now. It was 1.5 mag fainter than the ephemeris in February.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Mar. 20 5 39.07 31 3.9 1.580 1.816 86 15.9 31.6 70.9 19:36 (156, 19)
Mar. 27 5 55.70 32 8.7 1.664 1.837 83 16.1 31.9 74.8 19:26 (156, 18)
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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)
Mar. 20 16 10.33 -17 26.3 8.899 9.364 115 16.0 0.7 338.5 4:22 (180, 72)
Mar. 27 16 10.03 -17 21.2 8.807 9.374 122 16.0 1.3 309.2 3:54 (180, 72)
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Mar. 20 6 59.28 25 25.7 1.563 2.052 104 16.3 17.0 105.4 19:36 (173, 29)
Mar. 27 7 8.44 24 52.3 1.614 2.034 99 16.3 19.7 104.6 19:26 (171, 30)
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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)
Mar. 20 21 8.87 -2 17.4 4.084 3.408 41 16.4 21.4 61.4 4:37 (261, 17)
Mar. 27 21 17.41 -1 5.3 4.050 3.435 46 16.4 20.6 59.9 4:44 (256, 21)
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Image:
1998 Dec. 12
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No observations reported since Dec. 13. 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)
Mar. 20 22 21.44 42 24.4 4.106 3.516 47 16.5 24.0 57.7 4:37 (233,-22)
Mar. 27 22 34.19 43 53.7 4.151 3.559 47 16.6 23.4 56.8 4:44 (229,-19)
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Image:
1999 Feb. 6
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The current brightness and condition will keep until early April.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Mar. 20 3 56.63 15 30.8 2.958 2.631 61 16.6 24.6 61.2 19:36 (126, 19)
Mar. 27 4 7.30 16 51.3 3.051 2.648 57 16.7 24.9 63.4 19:26 (126, 17)
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Mar. 20 6 53.82 31 14.5 1.858 2.290 102 16.7 19.3 117.6 19:36 (172, 23)
Mar. 27 7 3.40 30 12.7 1.977 2.333 97 17.0 20.1 115.5 19:26 (170, 24)
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Mar. 20 6 19.30 45 5.6 4.902 5.076 94 17.0 6.3 277.7 19:36 (168, 8)
Mar. 27 6 15.75 45 10.8 5.039 5.090 87 17.1 4.6 278.6 19:26 (164, 7)
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No observations reported since last May. It appears at dawn.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Mar. 20 18 28.33 -19 43.3 2.708 2.757 82 17.5 17.0 81.4 4:37 (249, 59)
Mar. 27 18 36.25 -19 24.7 2.639 2.778 87 17.5 15.3 79.7 4:44 (240, 64)
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Mar. 20 7 0.70 17 56.3 1.226 1.774 105 17.5 24.3 102.2 19:36 (172, 37)
Mar. 27 7 12.84 17 19.2 1.287 1.779 101 17.6 26.4 101.9 19:26 (171, 37)
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Mar. 20 11 46.63 -9 11.9 0.697 1.686 170 17.5 30.4 216.0 23:55 (180, 64)
Mar. 27 11 38.54 -11 54.0 0.719 1.704 165 17.6 26.9 216.3 23:19 (180, 67)
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Image:
1999 Jan. 22
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A Centaur asteroid. The perihelion passage is in 2004. It will keep the current brightness over 10 years after this.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Mar. 20 9 15.09 5 51.6 12.725 13.497 139 17.7 2.4 287.2 21:24 (180, 49)
Mar. 27 9 14.10 5 56.4 12.800 13.494 132 17.7 2.0 289.0 20:56 (180, 49)
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Image:
1999 Feb. 22
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It was 18.1 mag on Feb. 22, as bright as the ephemeris.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Mar. 20 16 44.09 21 41.7 5.670 6.035 106 18.1 13.7 341.5 4:37 (185, 33)
Mar. 27 16 41.55 23 12.8 5.607 6.049 111 18.1 14.2 336.4 4:26 (180, 32)
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Not yet been observed in this return, although the perihelion passage in on Apr. 6. Now is the chance to observe it for the first time. It will be 17.5 mag in May and June.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Mar. 20 17 23.12 -15 53.8 1.646 2.037 97 18.2 23.1 77.7 4:37 (217, 67)
Mar. 27 17 33.59 -15 16.1 1.574 2.034 102 18.1 21.4 74.3 4:44 (203, 69)
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Image:
1999 Jan. 30
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A Centaur asteroid. The perihelion passage is in 1991. It will keep 18 mag until around 2000.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Mar. 20 14 22.52 13 41.8 13.172 13.964 141 18.3 2.9 311.1 2:35 (180, 41)
Mar. 27 14 21.39 13 54.8 13.143 13.983 146 18.3 3.1 305.7 2:06 (180, 41)
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Mar. 20 3 34.83 13 46.7 4.027 3.566 55 18.5 15.7 75.9 19:36 (121, 17)
Mar. 27 3 42.20 14 12.8 4.188 3.642 50 18.6 15.8 76.7 19:26 (119, 15)
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It will locate higher than 50 deg as 18.5 mag until May.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Mar. 20 11 27.39 -2 29.1 2.085 3.075 172 18.6 11.4 300.8 23:36 (180, 57)
Mar. 27 11 22.94 -1 47.8 2.083 3.059 165 18.6 10.9 302.8 23:04 (180, 57)
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Mar. 20 9 11.75 17 10.3 1.890 2.698 136 18.7 2.1 267.6 21:21 (180, 38)
Mar. 27 9 11.35 17 7.0 1.987 2.730 129 18.9 1.0 152.3 20:53 (180, 38)
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