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Old 03-02-2013, 08:09 PM
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As the orbital data from JPL has been updated I went back to check the hourly markers on my paper star charts for Asteroid 2012 DA14. There are small alterations to the hourly positions but the path traced by the asteroid as it moves across the sky has not really shifted.

As an example of how far Starry Night is missing by (for my location), at 4am EST on the 16th Feb:

JPL's data has the asteroid passing through Eta Carinae Nebula

SN v6.4.3 shows the asteroid passing through Mensa heading towards the LMC.

This means that at 4am, SN is off the predicted path by approx 27 degrees.
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