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Not observable. It will appear at dawn in late January as 10 mag. Recent brightening was more rapid than the ephemeris. It passes in the SOHO field from late December to early January.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 23 19 18.15 -19 41.3 1.117 0.339 17 6.0 49.9 298.9 18:23 ( 68, -3)
Dec. 30 18 52.45 -17 56.1 1.297 0.338 6 6.4 56.3 277.4 18:28 ( 77,-13)
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It keeps the recent magnitude until the end of January.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 23 14 31.28 -18 43.9 1.540 1.181 50 7.8 54.0 47.5 5:34 (316, 23)
Dec. 30 14 50.83 -14 11.3 1.475 1.201 54 7.8 58.0 44.5 5:37 (315, 28)
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It bursted out again in mid December, but now it is fading again.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 23 15 0.94 -12 18.3 1.504 1.072 45 8.9 68.9 102.3 5:34 (306, 23)
Dec. 30 15 33.19 -13 51.9 1.505 1.058 44 9.4 68.2 100.4 5:37 (306, 22)
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The component C is bright as 10 mag. The component E at 13 mag and the component B at 15 mag are also observed by CCD. It locates in the low at dawn and will be set under the horizon soon.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 23 16 19.58 -18 25.1 1.874 1.072 25 9.4 67.6 105.9 5:34 (297, 5)
Dec. 30 16 52.57 -20 25.1 1.838 1.027 24 9.0 69.9 103.2 5:37 (298, 4)
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It keeps the recent magnitude until the end of February, but the altitude is getting lower gradually.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 23 23 51.61 14 13.0 3.023 3.216 92 12.3 19.6 191.2 18:23 ( 27, 67)
Dec. 30 23 50.36 12 6.8 3.144 3.198 84 12.4 16.9 185.0 18:28 ( 41, 62)
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Being higher in the morining sky. It is observable as 13.5 mag until May.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 23 17 0.63 25 14.6 3.569 3.050 51 13.6 5.0 128.9 5:34 (254, 22)
Dec. 30 17 2.50 24 57.5 3.541 3.058 53 13.6 3.8 117.8 5:37 (258, 28)
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Because it is far away, it keeps brighter than 16 mag until late 2001. It is a bit fainter than the ephemeris recently.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 23 1 28.09 -10 18.3 4.322 4.660 104 13.9 3.3 122.1 19:19 ( 0, 45)
Dec. 30 1 29.72 -10 27.6 4.452 4.685 97 14.0 4.2 103.1 18:53 ( 0, 45)
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It will be lower and fainter in January.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 23 21 59.13 -15 23.2 2.725 2.308 55 13.9 28.4 61.5 18:23 ( 43, 28)
Dec. 30 22 11.28 -13 47.2 2.790 2.306 51 13.9 29.0 61.5 18:28 ( 48, 26)
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Not observable. It will appear at dawn in March.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 23 18 0.52 -28 57.2 6.971 5.993 5 14.0 12.1 88.1 5:34 (292,-20)
Dec. 30 18 6.94 -28 54.2 6.960 5.990 8 14.0 12.0 87.8 5:37 (295,-15)
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It will be also observable in the Northern Hemisphere after 2001 October, but it will be fainter than 16.5 mag then.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 23 6 23.54 -73 1.8 3.615 3.637 83 14.2 18.0 306.3 0:18 ( 0,-18)
Dec. 30 6 2.20 -71 35.2 3.618 3.666 85 14.2 19.2 316.2 23:23 ( 0,-16)
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Brightened rapidly and reached to 14 mag.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 23 3 35.78 30 26.7 1.660 2.535 145 14.3 9.3 210.5 21:26 ( 0, 85)
Dec. 30 3 33.97 29 32.0 1.703 2.526 138 14.2 7.8 194.6 20:57 ( 0, 84)
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It is not observable at all until 2001 summer when it becomes fainter than 19 mag.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 23 18 33.02 -27 7.4 2.544 1.572 7 14.4 46.1 90.4 18:23 ( 67,-15)
Dec. 30 18 57.11 -27 1.4 2.557 1.582 5 14.4 45.8 87.8 18:28 ( 68,-16)
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Only southern people can observe it. Northern 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)
Dec. 23 5 20.58 -80 28.1 12.768 12.565 75 14.5 4.8 276.8 23:09 ( 0,-25)
Dec. 30 5 7.50 -80 21.1 12.815 12.610 75 14.5 4.7 286.8 22:29 ( 0,-25)
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Although it reaches to 13.5 mag in 2001 summer, only southern people can observe it.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 23 15 50.69 -50 38.5 4.315 3.589 37 15.2 22.5 123.6 5:34 (325,-12)
Dec. 30 16 4.88 -52 5.5 4.241 3.558 41 15.1 22.9 123.3 5:37 (328,-11)
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It keeps brightening even after the perihelion passage and reached to 14 mag.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 23 20 51.79 -2 4.5 3.150 2.556 45 15.2 30.9 86.8 18:23 ( 66, 27)
Dec. 30 21 6.15 -1 49.5 3.228 2.581 41 15.4 30.7 85.3 18:28 ( 70, 23)
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It will be observable in good condition as 15 mag until February.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 23 2 24.24 52 26.9 4.789 5.464 129 15.3 5.4 256.1 20:14 (180, 73)
Dec. 30 2 20.75 52 17.0 4.832 5.441 123 15.3 4.2 248.9 19:43 (180, 73)
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Not observable. It will appear at dawn as 16.5 mag in May.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 23 20 50.48 -24 18.4 5.650 4.905 37 15.4 12.3 45.3 18:23 ( 50, 11)
Dec. 30 20 55.01 -23 18.5 5.758 4.947 31 15.5 12.4 46.8 18:28 ( 55, 7)
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It is observable in good condition as 15 mag from February to April.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 23 11 57.12 8 0.5 3.319 3.548 95 15.6 8.3 99.5 5:34 (351, 63)
Dec. 30 12 0.61 7 53.5 3.217 3.547 101 15.5 6.6 95.3 5:26 ( 0, 63)
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Appearing at dawn. It is observable as 15.5 mag until 2001 autumn.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 23 15 54.11 11 24.9 7.934 7.306 47 15.6 6.1 117.1 5:34 (276, 28)
Dec. 30 15 56.61 11 6.8 7.878 7.316 52 15.6 5.5 115.1 5:37 (281, 34)
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Asteroid with cometary orbit. It will pass the perihelion in January.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 23 4 24.31 -22 33.2 1.455 2.200 127 15.8 63.7 252.7 22:12 ( 0, 32)
Dec. 30 3 55.46 -24 16.5 1.549 2.194 118 16.0 53.5 257.9 21:16 ( 0, 31)
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It will reach to 10 mag in 2001 April and May. It was 18.3 mag on Nov. 29 (Akimasa Nakamura, Kuma), but no observations reported after that.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 23 1 38.84 1 30.4 1.402 1.989 111 16.7 8.7 347.6 19:29 ( 0, 57)
Dec. 30 1 38.89 2 34.9 1.424 1.930 105 16.3 10.2 11.9 19:02 ( 0, 58)
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Fading now. It will be fainter than 18 mag in March.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 23 3 59.09 9 16.6 3.095 3.953 146 16.4 16.5 301.0 21:49 ( 0, 64)
Dec. 30 3 52.91 10 15.7 3.223 4.015 138 16.6 14.6 305.1 21:15 ( 0, 65)
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It will fade out and be fainter than 18 mag in February.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 23 5 18.66 40 12.0 1.326 2.277 160 16.5 10.2 271.3 23:08 (180, 85)
Dec. 30 5 13.02 40 8.3 1.375 2.306 155 16.6 8.3 261.6 22:35 (180, 85)
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It will be observable as 14 mag for one year after 2001 autumn.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 23 0 51.35 7 43.7 5.264 5.574 103 16.6 5.2 314.8 18:42 ( 0, 63)
Dec. 30 0 49.93 8 10.8 5.339 5.530 96 16.6 4.7 330.1 18:28 ( 8, 63)
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Because it is far away, it keeps brighter than 17 mag until June.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 23 16 21.43 15 59.4 7.409 6.776 47 16.7 7.6 48.6 5:34 (268, 25)
Dec. 30 16 24.13 16 37.0 7.364 6.794 51 16.7 7.8 43.2 5:37 (271, 31)
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It is observable in good condition as 16.5 mag until February.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 23 12 35.37 1 14.3 2.028 2.157 83 16.7 21.7 103.8 5:34 (337, 54)
Dec. 30 12 44.77 0 41.7 1.968 2.178 88 16.7 19.6 102.2 5:37 (346, 55)
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The condition is good in winter and spring. It is a bit brighter than this ephemeris.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 23 11 5.36 9 12.8 5.181 5.557 107 17.0 7.9 259.9 4:58 ( 0, 64)
Dec. 30 11 1.34 9 4.6 5.106 5.601 115 17.0 9.3 264.1 4:27 ( 0, 64)
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Although it has passed the perihelion, the fading is slower than expected and it still keeps 16.5 mag.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 23 2 16.53 42 8.8 1.961 2.694 129 17.2 8.7 165.4 20:07 (180, 83)
Dec. 30 2 18.68 41 12.2 2.049 2.721 123 17.4 9.0 148.9 19:42 (180, 84)
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Although it is around the aphelion now, it is observable as 17 mag in good condition from December to March.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 23 8 23.83 29 2.8 3.572 4.443 148 17.3 8.1 298.9 2:17 ( 0, 84)
Dec. 30 8 19.68 29 30.2 3.514 4.432 156 17.3 9.2 295.0 1:46 ( 0, 84)
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It will be 17.5 mag until March.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 23 10 32.42 7 11.6 3.044 3.565 114 17.4 2.1 138.5 4:25 ( 0, 62)
Dec. 30 10 32.63 7 3.0 2.968 3.580 121 17.4 1.0 211.3 3:58 ( 0, 62)
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New asteroid with short periodic cometary orbit. It will fade out after this.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 23 3 43.61 19 56.6 2.227 3.097 146 17.5 6.4 212.4 21:34 ( 0, 75)
Dec. 30 3 42.39 19 21.0 2.285 3.096 139 17.5 4.9 197.0 21:05 ( 0, 74)
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The condition is good in January and February, but it reaches to 17.5 mag at best.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 23 9 32.07 11 57.4 2.723 3.439 129 17.5 2.8 253.4 3:25 ( 0, 67)
Dec. 30 9 30.30 11 54.1 2.658 3.447 137 17.5 4.7 268.3 2:56 ( 0, 67)
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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)
Dec. 23 10 22.64 -5 17.3 12.856 13.245 111 17.6 1.6 219.5 4:16 ( 0, 50)
Dec. 30 10 22.06 -5 25.0 12.749 13.243 118 17.5 1.8 236.5 3:48 ( 0, 50)
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The condition is good until late December, but it reaches to 17.5 mag at best.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 23 0 21.60 -4 25.1 2.520 2.732 91 17.6 13.4 79.3 18:23 ( 4, 51)
Dec. 30 0 28.16 -4 4.4 2.599 2.718 86 17.6 15.2 77.0 18:28 ( 14, 50)
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New comet. It will be a naked-eye comet in 2001 December and 2002 January.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 23 23 58.83 53 14.8 5.054 5.431 107 17.9 10.7 172.7 18:23 (164, 71)
Dec. 30 0 0.36 52 2.3 5.060 5.362 102 17.8 10.4 165.4 18:28 (151, 70)
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