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Old 19-01-2015, 08:33 PM
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And any SE Qld observers using the MPC Ephemeris service (http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/MPEph/MPEph.html) for precise coordinates, you can take a shortcut and use my observatory code - Q79 rather than enter lat/long/alt and the results will get you pretty close!

It will be moving reasonably quickly at closest approach, so get positions with a 10 minute interval over the period you are hoping to see it then point your scope in that direction ahead of time and look for the asteroid moving through the field of view. Once you get the hang of it, its easy to find them
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