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Image:
1999 Feb. 25
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We can see it in good condition until June. It passes just besided of the North Pole around March. 15. 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. 6 19 46.37 80 24.9 1.531 1.819 89 9.5 59.3 2.9 4:24 (191,-31)
Mar. 13 20 3.75 87 28.9 1.529 1.847 91 9.6 61.8 3.6 4:31 (183,-34)
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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. 6 6 32.19 23 34.5 1.549 2.134 112 10.8 17.3 133.1 19:58 (175, 31)
Mar. 13 6 39.24 22 13.8 1.619 2.134 107 10.9 18.8 126.6 19:47 (172, 32)
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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. 6 7 22.19 28 38.2 1.048 1.791 122 11.3 20.2 132.4 20:27 (180, 26)
Mar. 13 7 30.73 27 3.9 1.111 1.806 118 11.5 21.9 127.3 20:08 (180, 28)
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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. 6 4 46.33 -68 35.9 7.913 7.851 82 11.4 6.4 359.6 19:58 ( 18, 52)
Mar. 13 4 46.82 -67 51.6 7.967 7.907 82 11.5 6.3 7.6 19:47 ( 21, 51)
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Mar. 6 8 8.32 41 33.8 1.609 2.345 127 11.7 36.7 279.5 21:11 (180, 13)
Mar. 13 7 48.86 41 59.3 1.802 2.424 117 12.1 26.4 274.1 20:25 (180, 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)
Mar. 6 0 3.69 1 23.8 2.695 1.766 16 12.1 40.1 71.1 19:58 ( 84,-11)
Mar. 13 0 21.59 2 55.3 2.690 1.743 14 12.0 40.8 71.2 19:47 ( 86,-11)
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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. 6 23 23.29 -1 22.5 3.097 2.114 6 12.7 4.4 106.8 19:58 ( 76,-17)
Mar. 13 23 25.29 -1 31.0 3.043 2.050 2 12.5 4.6 105.1 4:31 (285,-18)
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Image:
1999 Feb. 25
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Being higher in the morning sky. It was 14.7 mag on Feb. 22, more than 2 mag fainter than the ephemeris. 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)
Mar. 6 21 4.38 13 45.6 2.359 1.659 35 12.8 3.4 301.2 4:24 (257, -5)
Mar. 13 21 2.67 14 0.4 2.357 1.726 40 12.9 4.9 299.9 4:31 (252, 2)
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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. It was about 1.5 mag brighter than the ephemeris in early February.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Mar. 6 22 52.53 -50 32.3 1.429 1.006 44 13.1 13.2 249.5 4:24 (323, 13)
Mar. 13 22 43.50 -51 4.0 1.455 1.097 48 13.5 13.0 249.1 4:31 (320, 19)
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Image:
1999 Feb. 6
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It has already became rather faint, but 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. 6 3 58.33 -11 20.5 1.727 1.715 72 13.2 41.0 71.4 19:58 (110, 44)
Mar. 13 4 16.43 -9 51.2 1.830 1.779 71 13.5 39.4 71.8 19:47 (112, 43)
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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. 6 8 35.89 -49 21.7 3.677 4.207 115 13.6 14.4 269.2 21:39 ( 0, 76)
Mar. 13 8 25.98 -49 16.9 3.665 4.171 114 13.6 13.3 276.3 21:02 ( 0, 76)
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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. 6 15 22.41 -28 52.1 5.789 6.184 109 13.7 1.7 168.9 4:24 (192, 84)
Mar. 13 15 22.29 -29 2.8 5.684 6.182 115 13.7 1.6 209.6 4:02 (180, 84)
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Not yet observed in this return. 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)
Mar. 6 18 47.61 -29 34.5 1.720 1.577 64 14.1 47.0 86.8 4:24 (278, 46)
Mar. 13 19 12.86 -29 6.4 1.656 1.549 66 13.9 47.7 83.9 4:31 (277, 47)
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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. 6 22 30.66 -21 1.6 5.510 4.572 17 14.0 12.1 99.9 4:24 (298, -2)
Mar. 13 22 36.57 -21 17.0 5.522 4.618 22 14.1 11.9 101.3 4:31 (294, 3)
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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. It is so low that the observation is hard now.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Mar. 6 0 34.70 1 38.5 2.988 2.118 23 14.1 33.1 65.2 19:58 ( 89, -5)
Mar. 13 0 48.57 3 13.8 3.065 2.163 20 14.3 32.2 65.5 19:47 ( 90, -6)
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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. 6 23 16.85 -0 11.7 2.964 1.982 6 14.8 36.2 55.3 19:58 ( 76,-19)
Mar. 13 23 30.74 2 13.0 2.967 1.980 5 14.8 36.3 55.1 19:47 ( 77,-21)
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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. 6 16 36.54 -8 17.8 1.948 2.278 96 15.5 20.0 86.3 4:24 (219, 58)
Mar. 13 16 45.73 -8 6.4 1.828 2.236 100 15.3 19.1 84.1 4:31 (208, 60)
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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. 6 5 8.27 28 12.1 1.418 1.780 93 15.5 30.8 62.2 19:58 (155, 22)
Mar. 13 5 23.21 29 45.1 1.497 1.797 89 15.7 31.2 66.7 19:47 (156, 21)
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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. 6 16 9.87 -17 33.9 9.101 9.344 101 16.1 1.3 71.6 4:24 (218, 69)
Mar. 13 16 10.28 -17 30.6 8.998 9.354 108 16.1 0.7 41.0 4:31 (195, 72)
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Mar. 6 6 36.27 33 25.7 1.630 2.206 112 16.2 17.5 124.0 19:58 (176, 22)
Mar. 13 6 44.74 32 18.6 1.741 2.248 107 16.5 18.5 120.4 19:47 (174, 23)
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Mar. 6 6 45.39 26 23.9 1.471 2.095 115 16.3 10.9 110.5 19:58 (178, 29)
Mar. 13 6 51.54 25 56.0 1.516 2.072 109 16.3 14.1 107.1 19:47 (175, 29)
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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. 6 20 50.57 -4 37.9 4.140 3.356 33 16.3 22.6 64.2 4:24 (270, 8)
Mar. 13 20 59.91 -3 28.3 4.114 3.382 37 16.4 22.0 62.9 4:31 (265, 13)
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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. 6 3 36.65 12 35.3 2.766 2.600 70 16.4 23.8 56.3 19:58 (127, 24)
Mar. 13 3 46.39 14 5.4 2.862 2.615 65 16.5 24.3 58.9 19:47 (126, 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. 6 21 55.62 39 26.8 4.014 3.431 48 16.4 24.9 59.5 4:24 (240,-28)
Mar. 13 22 8.57 40 55.3 4.060 3.473 47 16.5 24.5 58.6 4:31 (236,-25)
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Image:
1999 Feb. 6
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It will be lower than 30 deg after Mar. 20.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Mar. 6 2 24.74 22 45.7 3.100 2.686 56 16.4 23.9 71.9 19:58 (122, 4)
Mar. 13 2 36.39 23 37.0 3.188 2.701 52 16.5 24.3 72.5 19:47 (122, 3)
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Mar. 6 6 29.97 44 49.3 4.636 5.050 109 16.9 10.1 279.2 19:58 (176, 10)
Mar. 13 6 24.02 44 58.8 4.767 5.063 101 16.9 8.2 278.1 19:47 (172, 9)
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Mar. 6 6 39.84 19 6.4 1.113 1.770 114 17.3 19.1 105.0 19:58 (176, 36)
Mar. 13 6 49.63 18 31.7 1.168 1.771 109 17.4 21.8 103.1 19:47 (174, 36)
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Image:
1999 Feb. 25
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It will keep the brightness until May, 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)
Mar. 6 14 57.33 -32 37.7 3.309 3.803 112 17.4 10.5 184.7 4:04 (180, 88)
Mar. 13 14 56.33 -33 49.3 3.248 3.831 119 17.4 10.4 195.2 3:36 (180, 89)
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Mar. 6 12 3.22 -2 59.5 0.689 1.663 162 17.4 32.4 210.1 1:11 (180, 58)
Mar. 13 11 55.14 -6 11.8 0.687 1.673 168 17.4 32.2 213.8 0:36 (180, 61)
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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. 6 18 10.02 -20 15.0 2.845 2.719 72 17.4 20.0 84.5 4:24 (260, 49)
Mar. 13 18 19.57 -20 0.3 2.777 2.738 77 17.5 18.6 83.0 4:31 (255, 54)
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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. 6 9 17.58 5 41.2 12.609 13.503 153 17.7 3.1 284.3 22:22 (180, 49)
Mar. 13 9 16.25 5 46.5 12.661 13.500 146 17.7 2.8 285.7 21:53 (180, 49)
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Fading now, but still brighter 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. 6 3 59.25 -8 40.1 4.012 3.841 72 17.9 13.3 59.0 19:58 (113, 42)
Mar. 13 4 4.90 -7 52.6 4.095 3.842 68 17.9 14.2 62.0 19:47 (112, 40)
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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)
Mar. 6 3 30.50 17 56.6 4.373 4.135 69 17.9 10.7 70.9 19:58 (129, 19)
Mar. 13 3 35.74 18 21.7 4.463 4.126 64 17.9 11.8 72.0 19:47 (127, 16)
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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. 6 16 47.09 18 43.9 5.820 6.006 96 18.1 12.5 352.2 4:24 (206, 32)
Mar. 13 16 45.93 20 11.7 5.742 6.020 101 18.1 13.1 346.7 4:31 (195, 33)
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Mar. 6 3 12.31 16 40.2 4.883 4.557 65 18.1 9.8 68.3 19:58 (125, 17)
Mar. 13 3 16.95 17 5.9 4.990 4.566 59 18.2 10.6 69.5 19:47 (123, 14)
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Mar. 6 3 20.48 12 51.2 3.690 3.413 66 18.2 15.2 74.4 19:58 (124, 21)
Mar. 13 3 27.58 13 19.5 3.861 3.490 61 18.3 15.5 75.1 19:47 (122, 19)
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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. 6 14 24.27 13 14.1 13.264 13.927 130 18.3 2.5 324.9 3:31 (180, 42)
Mar. 13 14 23.49 13 28.1 13.212 13.945 136 18.3 2.7 317.4 3:03 (180, 42)
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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. 6 16 59.49 -16 49.5 1.799 2.047 89 18.4 26.0 83.5 4:24 (238, 61)
Mar. 13 17 11.71 -16 25.2 1.722 2.041 93 18.3 24.7 80.7 4:31 (229, 64)
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Mar. 6 9 16.33 17 0.4 1.722 2.635 151 18.4 7.4 281.8 22:20 (180, 38)
Mar. 13 9 13.42 17 8.2 1.801 2.666 143 18.5 4.8 278.5 21:50 (180, 38)
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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. 6 11 36.51 -3 45.0 2.132 3.108 167 18.8 10.5 297.4 0:44 (180, 59)
Mar. 13 11 32.00 -3 8.8 2.102 3.091 173 18.7 11.3 299.0 0:12 (180, 58)
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