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Originally Posted by bloodhound31
So what will this look like through binoculars or a telescope? Will it be visible? What about photographing it? Will it be just like photographing a comet or is it moving a lot faster? (Comparatively)?
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Baz, it will move from Octans to the northern horizon and then vanish in the dawn over a couple of hours. JPL Horizons, MPC ephemeris service, Heavens-above and probably others will generate an ephemeris customised for your location.
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi
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Ephemeris Type : OBSERVER
Target Body : Asteroid (2012 DA14)
Observer Location : user defined ( your location and altitude)
Time Span : Start=2013-02-15 10:00, Stop=2013-02-16 02:00, Step=10 m
Table Settings : defaults
Display/Output : default (formatted HTML)
those all have a "change" link. I added the "skip daylight" and "show constellations" options to Table Settings.