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Did anyone make a sighting of 2004 XP14? I had a lot of trouble, mostly
due to the light pollution. It took me a few minutes to find the right star field; I wasn't using PleiadAtlas, so that might have been part of the problem. I started following the asteroid's track at around 1:30 PDT, and it wasn't until about 2:10 that I *think* I saw it. XP14's magnitude was right at the limiting magnitude for a 5-inch scope, at the time, so I really had to push averted vision to the limit. If I did see it, it was moving fast--perhaps faster than I expected. -- Brian Tung The Astronomy Corner at http://astro.isi.edu/ Unofficial C5+ Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/c5plus/ The PleiadAtlas Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/pleiadatlas/ My Own Personal FAQ (SAA) at http://astro.isi.edu/reference/faq.html |
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