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2005 YU 55

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12 years 5 months ago #91200 by astroado
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Well just found out I will be working Tuesday night,was really hoping to get a glimpse of 2005 YU 55 the near earth asteriod, wonder if it can be seen with the naked eye, might get a few minutes to have a look if I can sneak out. Does anyone know what area of the sky I should watch? and at what time? Thanks in advance.
Clear skies. :-(

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12 years 5 months ago - 12 years 5 months ago #91202 by phoenix
Replied by phoenix on topic Re: 2005 YU 55
It will only get to mag 11 at 4am on the 9th and moving at 300 - 500 arcsec per min so not going to be naked eye. It will be in Pegasus north of a bright moon.
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12 years 5 months ago #91207 by Coldfieldboundary
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right, only the evening of 9th is the opportunity for us to see him, with a disturbing full moon as well.

make a good finder chart with following positions in UT (taken from minorplanetcenter.org):
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2011 11 09 180000 01 17 18.8 +18 41 07 12.1 2011 11 09 190000 01 21 06.9 +18 38 07 12.1 2011 11 09 200000 01 24 32.2 +18 34 58 12.2 2011 11 09 210000 01 27 37.9 +18 31 41 12.3 2011 11 09 220000 01 30 27.1 +18 28 16 12.3 2011 11 09 230000 01 33 02.3 +18 24 45 12.4
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