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Originally Posted by CraigS
I see no problems with either of these statements (depending on the definition of 'small' telescope and 'clear' skies)..
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After passing earth it is predicted to be around mag 13.2 rising to 11.2, so "small" could mean something everyone could own. Some numbers from JPL/Horizons for Sydney. Times are in UTC.
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Date__(UT)__HR:MN R.A.__(a-apparent)__DEC dRA*cosD d(DEC)/dt Azi_(a-appr)_Elev APmag S-brt Illu% 1-way_LT S-O-T /r PsAng PsAMV
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2011-Nov-08 20:00 * 18 41 22.23 +02 03 51.8 23624.07 8229.281 123.0657 -41.9304 n.a. n.a. 24.356 0.020638 59.0187 /T 69.216 153.006
2011-Nov-08 21:00 * 19 09 13.58 +04 28 13.4 26379.21 9045.093 113.6085 -37.6713 13.15 8.44 30.033 0.019498 66.3365 /T 69.691 167.623
2011-Nov-08 22:00 * 19 40 01.20 +07 03 10.9 28638.98 9463.058 105.5483 -33.5298 12.58 8.17 36.644 0.018699 74.3805 /T 70.508 182.991
2011-Nov-08 23:00 * 20 13 02.45 +09 40 21.9 29964.37 9288.114 98.5171 -29.5236 12.10 7.94 43.946 0.018282 82.9189 /T 71.721 196.728
2011-Nov-09 00:00 * 20 47 07.32 +12 09 11.5 30035.85 8468.879 92.2582 -25.4801 11.73 7.74 51.512 0.018274 91.6066 /T 73.319 207.726
2011-Nov-09 01:00 * 21 20 50.08 +14 19 55.2 28819.22 7156.930 86.5671 -21.1350 11.45 7.57 58.840 0.018672 100.0568 /T 75.211 216.156
2011-Nov-09 02:00 * 21 52 49.20 +16 06 36.5 26586.82 5634.513 81.2372 -16.2468 11.27 7.41 65.504 0.019447 107.9371 /T 77.255 222.603
2011-Nov-09 03:00 * 22 22 05.06 +17 28 05.9 23774.10 4170.732 76.0374 -10.6806 11.17 7.28 71.259 0.020554 115.0343 /T 79.303 227.593
2011-Nov-09 04:00 * 22 48 07.07 +18 26 53.2 20797.09 2927.215 70.7123 -4.4360 11.13 7.17 76.045 0.021940 121.2654 /T 81.236 231.501
2011-Nov-09 05:00 * 23 10 50.09 +19 07 11.3 17948.30 1953.467 64.9874 2.3657 11.12 7.07 79.934 0.023555 126.6467 /T 82.985 234.594
2011-Nov-09 06:00 * 23 30 25.83 +19 33 23.7 15384.90 1229.208 58.5628 9.5048 11.16 6.98 83.053 0.025355 131.2526 /T 84.520 237.061
2011-Nov-09 07:00 * 23 47 14.58 +19 49 17.1 13163.85 706.7185 51.1001 16.6750 11.21 6.90 85.547 0.027304 135.1814 /T 85.839 239.045
2011-Nov-09 08:00 *m 00 01 39.31 +19 57 47.8 11283.13 336.0644 42.2209 23.4749 11.27 6.83 87.543 0.029376 138.5347 /T 86.956 240.654
2011-Nov-09 09:00 Nm 00 14 02.36 +20 01 05.8 9712.384 75.45153 31.5571 29.3880 11.35 6.77 89.152 0.031550 141.4066 /T 87.890 241.971
2011-Nov-09 10:00 Am 00 24 43.87 +20 00 44.8 8411.140 -106.650 18.9176 33.7819 11.43 6.72 90.458 0.033809 143.8795 /T 88.663 243.059
2011-Nov-09 11:00 m 00 34 01.28 +19 57 51.2 7338.097 -232.755 4.5862 35.9880 11.52 6.68 91.529 0.036143 146.0235 /T 89.297 243.966
2011-Nov-09 12:00 m 00 42 09.33 +19 53 12.7 6455.198 -318.485 349.5186 35.5082 11.60 6.63 92.418 0.038541 147.8971 /T 89.811 244.731
2011-Nov-09 13:00 m 00 49 20.27 +19 47 24.1 5728.963 -374.559 335.0237 32.2415 11.69 6.60 93.164 0.040995 149.5484 /T 90.224 245.381
2011-Nov-09 14:00 m 00 55 44.17 +19 40 51.0 5130.592 -408.360 322.0712 26.5029 11.78 6.56 93.798 0.043497 151.0170 /T 90.551 245.941
2011-Nov-09 15:00 m 01 01 29.23 +19 33 53.1 4635.574 -425.072 310.9514 18.8154 11.86 6.53 94.342 0.046042 152.3347 /T 90.807 246.428
2011-Nov-09 16:00 m 01 06 42.07 +19 26 45.4 4223.174 -428.463 301.4579 9.6956 11.95 6.50 94.814 0.048623 153.5273 /T 91.006 246.855
2011-Nov-09 17:00 m 01 11 27.92 +19 19 39.7 3875.940 -421.405 293.1827 -0.4413 12.03 6.47 95.227 0.051232 154.6150 /T 91.159 247.233
2011-Nov-09 18:00 Nm 01 15 50.92 +19 12 45.3 3579.290 -406.213 285.6750 -11.2858 12.11 6.45 95.593 0.053864 155.6138 /T 91.276 247.570
* in the 3rd col means the Sun is up, m for the Moon, N nautical twilight, A astronomical twilight.
