Vesta

Just curious, has anyone managed to see the asteroid Vesta since I know it's
approaching its closest point to the Earth in the next few days.....

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Algomeysa2 wrote:

Just curious, has anyone managed to see the asteroid Vesta since I
know it's approaching its closest point to the Earth in the next few
days.....

Thanks for the heads-up. If the weather clears I'll go out and have a
look, Vesta and Uranus ought both to be reasonably visible. If only I
could find somewhere with neither a house, nor bright street lights,
nor a dreadful reputation for muggings, on the south horizon ...

Tom

Just curious, has anyone managed to see the asteroid Vesta since I know it's
approaching its closest point to the Earth in the next few days.....

Hi:

With all the storms we've been havin' down here in Possum Swamp, I haven't seen
Vesta this time around, but she is usually very easy, being a breeze in
binoculars or a finderscope.

Peace,
Rod Mollise
Author of _Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_
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While reading in the bathroom on Sat, 11 Sep 2004 12:02:07 GMT, I saw
that "Algomeysa2" had
written:

Just curious, has anyone managed to see the asteroid Vesta since I know it's
approaching its closest point to the Earth in the next few days.....

Thanks for the heads-up! It's supposed to be clear tonight, and I
haven't yet tried going after asteroids with my ETX-125. I just
checked, and Vesta is #4 on Autostar's list.


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Hello,

Algomeysa2 wrote:

Just curious, has anyone managed to see the asteroid Vesta since I know it's
approaching its closest point to the Earth in the next few days.....

I looked at Vesta this Saturday evening. Very, very easy to see,
even in binoculars. Another thing to look at (and I'd say this
one is even more interesing) is the asteroid Toutatis - I checked
it too - this one was around mag.12, but is fun to watch, because
it moves so fast. Even now, before the closest approach, 30 minutes
showed definite movement. I kept the scope on it for about one
hour, just to watch the show.

Regards,

- Alex