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Image:
1999 Feb. 12
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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 until May.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 20 19 32.36 67 35.1 1.586 1.776 83 9.5 50.3 5.7 4:07 (206,-29)
Feb. 27 19 38.80 73 43.9 1.551 1.795 86 9.5 55.3 4.1 4:16 (198,-29)
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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)
Feb. 20 6 22.09 26 30.3 1.425 2.141 123 10.7 14.9 152.9 20:22 (180, 29)
Feb. 27 6 26.42 24 59.9 1.484 2.136 118 10.8 16.0 141.8 20:08 (178, 30)
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 20 9 7.09 38 22.2 1.277 2.186 149 10.9 65.3 292.2 23:03 (180, 16)
Feb. 27 8 34.27 40 29.9 1.432 2.265 137 11.3 49.7 285.5 22:04 (180, 14)
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 20 7 9.37 31 52.4 0.939 1.770 133 11.0 16.5 148.5 21:09 (180, 23)
Feb. 27 7 14.99 30 14.5 0.990 1.779 127 11.1 18.3 139.3 20:47 (180, 25)
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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. 20 4 48.96 -70 6.0 7.802 7.738 82 11.3 6.7 343.0 20:18 ( 12, 53)
Feb. 27 4 46.99 -69 20.9 7.858 7.794 82 11.4 6.5 351.4 20:08 ( 15, 53)
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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. 20 23 11.41 -49 9.4 1.316 0.846 39 12.2 15.9 239.0 20:18 ( 41, 16)
Feb. 27 23 1.79 -49 57.0 1.384 0.921 41 12.6 14.2 246.3 20:08 ( 37, 13)
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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)
Feb. 20 23 28.93 -1 33.2 2.702 1.817 21 12.4 38.5 71.5 20:18 ( 82, -9)
Feb. 27 23 46.14 -0 6.0 2.699 1.790 18 12.3 39.3 71.2 20:08 ( 83,-10)
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Image:
1999 Jan. 16
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Being higher in the morning sky. No observations reported after Jan. 19. 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. 20 21 6.24 13 31.8 2.313 1.532 29 12.4 1.1 276.6 4:07 (267,-20)
Feb. 27 21 5.53 13 35.8 2.345 1.594 32 12.6 2.1 297.9 4:16 (262,-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)
Feb. 20 23 19.76 -1 2.0 3.152 2.246 19 13.0 3.7 118.1 20:18 ( 81,-11)
Feb. 27 23 21.42 -1 13.1 3.133 2.179 12 12.9 4.1 110.9 20:08 ( 78,-14)
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Image:
1999 Feb. 6
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It has already became rather faint. 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)
Feb. 20 3 19.42 -14 34.0 1.531 1.588 74 13.2 44.9 71.5 20:18 (106, 45)
Feb. 27 3 39.38 -12 55.2 1.627 1.651 73 13.6 42.9 71.2 20:08 (108, 45)
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Image:
1999 Feb. 6
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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. 20 0 5.93 -1 42.2 2.825 2.028 29 13.7 34.9 64.9 20:18 ( 87, -2)
Feb. 27 0 20.50 -0 0.2 2.908 2.073 26 13.9 34.0 65.0 20:08 ( 88, -3)
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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. 20 8 57.53 -48 52.6 3.727 4.279 117 13.7 16.2 255.1 22:56 ( 0, 76)
Feb. 27 8 46.51 -49 14.1 3.697 4.242 117 13.7 15.4 262.2 22:17 ( 0, 76)
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Image:
1999 Feb. 12
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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. 20 15 20.90 -28 24.5 6.011 6.187 95 13.8 3.4 132.0 4:07 (253, 73)
Feb. 27 15 21.94 -28 39.3 5.899 6.186 102 13.8 2.4 144.3 4:16 (237, 79)
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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. 20 22 18.54 -20 34.7 5.452 4.480 9 13.9 12.4 98.3 20:18 ( 56,-10)
Feb. 27 22 24.64 -20 47.7 5.487 4.526 12 14.0 12.3 99.0 4:16 (302, -7)
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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.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 20 17 58.11 -29 41.8 1.862 1.640 61 14.4 45.2 92.3 4:07 (281, 41)
Feb. 27 18 22.63 -29 46.0 1.789 1.607 63 14.2 46.1 89.6 4:16 (280, 44)
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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. 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)
Feb. 20 22 49.09 -4 57.3 2.952 1.990 11 14.8 35.9 55.8 20:18 ( 73,-15)
Feb. 27 23 2.97 -2 35.3 2.959 1.985 8 14.8 36.0 55.5 20:08 ( 74,-17)
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Image:
1999 Feb. 7
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Fading now. Recently it was a bit 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. 20 6 21.77 35 51.6 1.422 2.125 122 15.0 15.5 135.5 20:22 (180, 19)
Feb. 27 6 28.56 34 36.5 1.523 2.165 117 15.3 16.5 128.9 20:08 (178, 20)
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Image:
1999 Feb. 6
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Passed the peak and fading now. Recently it was a bit 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. 20 4 41.75 24 23.0 1.267 1.753 101 15.2 29.7 51.7 20:18 (156, 26)
Feb. 27 4 54.40 26 24.7 1.341 1.765 97 15.3 30.3 57.2 20:08 (155, 24)
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It should be getting brighter now, but it is actually fainter than 18 mag now.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 20 16 17.00 -8 26.2 2.194 2.361 87 15.9 21.4 90.3 4:07 (236, 50)
Feb. 27 16 26.94 -8 24.4 2.070 2.319 91 15.7 20.7 88.4 4:16 (229, 54)
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Image:
1999 Feb. 7
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It keeps 16 mag 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. 20 6 38.27 27 13.4 1.395 2.146 127 15.9 4.6 134.5 20:38 (180, 28)
Feb. 27 6 40.93 26 49.7 1.431 2.119 121 15.8 7.7 117.3 20:13 (180, 28)
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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. 20 16 7.97 -17 37.5 9.313 9.323 87 16.1 2.7 87.8 4:07 (245, 58)
Feb. 27 16 9.10 -17 36.3 9.206 9.334 94 16.1 2.0 82.5 4:16 (234, 64)
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Image:
1999 Feb. 6
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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. 20 3 18.84 9 21.7 2.573 2.574 79 16.2 22.7 50.5 20:18 (128, 29)
Feb. 27 3 27.44 11 0.7 2.669 2.587 74 16.3 23.3 53.6 20:08 (127, 26)
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 20 2 2.50 21 1.4 2.918 2.658 65 16.2 22.7 70.7 20:18 (122, 7)
Feb. 27 2 13.43 21 53.7 3.010 2.672 60 16.3 23.3 71.3 20:08 (122, 6)
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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. 20 21 29.53 36 32.8 3.918 3.350 48 16.2 25.6 61.4 4:07 (247,-35)
Feb. 27 21 42.60 37 59.1 3.966 3.390 48 16.3 25.3 60.4 4:16 (243,-32)
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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. 20 20 30.82 -6 51.8 4.176 3.309 25 16.3 23.6 66.9 4:07 (279, -1)
Feb. 27 20 40.86 -5 45.8 4.160 3.332 29 16.3 23.1 65.6 4:16 (275, 3)
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Image:
1999 Feb. 7
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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. 20 6 24.86 20 17.9 1.015 1.777 124 17.1 12.7 114.9 20:25 (180, 35)
Feb. 27 6 31.51 19 41.4 1.062 1.772 119 17.2 16.0 108.5 20:08 (179, 35)
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Image:
1999 Feb. 6
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Mother asteroid of Geminids. Although it will be bright as 10 mag in June at around the perihelion passage, it is too close to the sun and not observable.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 20 2 1.91 20 12.7 2.007 1.819 64 17.4 14.0 96.5 20:18 (122, 8)
Feb. 27 2 9.30 20 5.0 2.046 1.759 59 17.4 15.8 92.3 20:08 (120, 6)
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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. 20 14 56.27 -30 6.8 3.447 3.751 100 17.4 11.4 165.8 4:07 (249, 78)
Feb. 27 14 57.29 -31 23.3 3.375 3.777 106 17.4 10.8 174.8 4:16 (224, 85)
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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. 20 17 48.88 -20 35.9 2.975 2.685 63 17.4 22.5 87.5 4:07 (269, 39)
Feb. 27 17 59.77 -20 27.1 2.911 2.702 68 17.4 21.3 86.0 4:16 (265, 44)
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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. 20 11 44.22 -4 40.9 2.234 3.142 152 17.7 7.5 293.9 1:47 (180, 60)
Feb. 27 11 40.65 -4 16.1 2.176 3.125 159 17.6 9.2 295.8 1:16 (180, 59)
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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)
Feb. 20 9 20.58 5 30.8 12.548 13.510 166 17.6 3.5 281.7 23:20 (180, 49)
Feb. 27 9 19.03 5 35.9 12.572 13.507 160 17.6 3.3 283.0 22:51 (180, 49)
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Image:
1999 Feb. 6
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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. 20 3 21.68 17 9.8 4.181 4.153 81 17.8 8.4 68.0 20:18 (134, 23)
Feb. 27 3 25.80 17 32.5 4.278 4.144 75 17.8 9.6 69.6 20:08 (131, 21)
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 20 3 6.89 11 52.8 3.339 3.259 76 17.9 14.4 72.9 20:18 (127, 25)
Feb. 27 3 13.57 12 22.2 3.516 3.336 71 18.0 14.8 73.6 20:08 (125, 23)
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 20 3 4.40 15 51.9 4.655 4.540 77 18.0 7.8 65.3 20:18 (129, 21)
Feb. 27 3 8.11 16 15.5 4.771 4.549 71 18.1 8.9 67.0 20:08 (127, 19)
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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. 20 16 47.52 15 57.9 5.990 5.979 84 18.2 11.3 3.8 4:07 (224, 26)
Feb. 27 16 47.60 17 19.0 5.903 5.993 90 18.1 11.9 357.9 4:16 (215, 30)
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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)
Feb. 20 14 25.19 12 46.2 13.395 13.889 118 18.3 2.0 345.6 4:07 (187, 42)
Feb. 27 14 24.84 13 0.0 13.325 13.908 124 18.3 2.2 334.1 4:00 (180, 42)
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Feb. 20 7 0.53 42 52.8 1.310 2.070 127 18.5 11.2 51.4 21:00 (180, 12)
Feb. 27 7 6.90 43 32.8 1.414 2.116 122 18.8 11.9 67.8 20:39 (180, 11)
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