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Old 15-12-2022, 06:19 PM
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All planetarium software calculates the position of objects based on geocentric coordinates which is absolutely fine for the vast majority of solar system objects. For NEO's it is a bit of a lottery and can easily be a few degrees out if it is near by as parallax comes into play.

For really accurate positions you can put your own coordinates into the MPC ephemerides generator, or use an existing observatory code near to you https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_observatory_codes Be careful, it's case sensitive.

My observatory is Q79, so anyone in Brisbane should be ok.

It locate the target, goto the exact coordinates with five or ten mins to spare, and wait for the target to drift into view. I haven't looked yet bit if it's a dense star field it can be pretty difficult to spot so take a few mins of video and scan it to pick up the object. Once aquired, record it as you wish

Attached are tonights coordinates at 10 min intervals.
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