2021-12-14, 03:37 PM
(This post was last modified: 2021-12-14, 04:32 PM by bigmasterdrago.)
Although with nasty moon interference, 25°-35° away, we have a close pass of a possibly 15th magnitude (maybe 14.3) bus sized rock from space. Minimum pass distance (0.00138AU, .54LD, 207,352Km) occurs for me between midnight and 3am CST Dec. 16th. If it were bright enough for me, it would be interesting to watch it scream towards the horizon in Eridanus at a max speed of 10.3'/min! Passing less than one arc minute from both HIP 17107 (mag 7) and HIP 16535 (mag 9), 01:03:40 & 01:20:25 respectively. Between midnight until 2am, it covers near 11°. One more cool miss out of reach of my 13".
It is critical to make sure you have your correct observatory set as an example for me, moving 500 miles west, to the Limpia
Observatory moves the track 10' east and a tiny bit south.
The little rock also looks to make a 24" pass SE of HIP 15788 at ~01:42:25 from my location.
It is critical to make sure you have your correct observatory set as an example for me, moving 500 miles west, to the Limpia
Observatory moves the track 10' east and a tiny bit south.
The little rock also looks to make a 24" pass SE of HIP 15788 at ~01:42:25 from my location.