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Originally Posted by Shark Bait
I was attempting to input NASA's JPL data into Starry Night as they have not provided an update which includes 2012 DA14. The information that was extracted from this data is way off the JPL coordinates given for our location. I was being very careful, but I have messed up the data entry somehow.
Even though my attempt at adding a new object into SN failed, I now know a little more about the process than I did before.
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Sounds familiar! I updated the minor body data in SkySafari Plus v1.5 (OS X) and did a YouTube video of this asteroid's progress across the sky. Subsequently found the SSPlus positions 'fictional' compared with the JPL data, presumably due to the 'closeness' factor.
Upgraded to SSPlus v1.7, updated the data and ... lo and behold! ... 2012 DA14 doesn't appear at all in the search list of the new version!
SSPlus is a great program, and the folks at Southern Stars have said they'll fix this known bug very soon, but the moral seems to be: when the going gets tough, plot the JPL data on a paper star chart!