The Liverpool Astronomical Society

I'll be there!

Hi Robin,
Ben here, the lad who greeted you as you were walking up from your bike with your maksutov.

I will be there again this Wednesday, so hopefully see you there

Ben

Hi Rob, glad you had a good night at Pex Hill.  I could not make it again (will get up there soon), however i did get a good observing session from the garden. It was a great night for stargazing and i even bagged M35, M81 and M82 for the first time last night. I even tried out my new 8mm BST EP on Jupiter and Mars last night and i can highly reccomend this EP.

Graham.

Cheers for a good night-enjoyed my first ever meeting and first chance to be around other amateur astronomers. I will make an effort to attend in the future!

Rob (the guy on the motorbike with the little Maksutov)

thanks dave/ben and everyone else. you've been most helpful!
i think i'm gonna get up to pex hill tonight and see if anyone has a scope out to view it.
i'm gonna have to invest in a decent scope soon!

Skys are looking good for tonight guys :-)

Skys are looking good for tonight guys :-)

I have checked its postion from midnight tonight (under Leo and lying in Sextans) and it has the same same (more or less) declination as the Orion Nebula but does not get due south until 0200 U.T when it is at its highest, positions are below for each hour.

 Date__(UT)__HR:MN     R.A._(ICRF/J2000.0)_DEC  APmag 

 2012-Feb-01 00:00     10 32 14.54 -05 52 26.6   8.55   
 2012-Feb-01 01:00     10 32 11.78 -05 55 05.7   8.55   
 2012-Feb-01 02:00     10 32 09.01 -05 57 44.7   8.55   
 2012-Feb-01 03:00     10 32 06.24 -06 00 23.6   8.55   
 2012-Feb-01 04:00     10 32 03.46 -06 03 02.5   8.55   
 2012-Feb-01 05:00     10 32 00.68 -06 05 41.2   8.55   
 2012-Feb-01 06:00     10 31 57.89 -06 08 19.9   8.55   
 2012-Feb-01 07:00     10 31 55.09 -06 10 58.4   8.55   
 2012-Feb-01 08:00     10 31 52.29 -06 13 36.9   8.55   
 2012-Feb-01 09:00     10 31 49.48 -06 16 15.3   8.55   
 2012-Feb-01 10:00     10 31 46.67 -06 18 53.5   8.55   
 2012-Feb-01 11:00     10 31 43.85 -06 21 31.7   8.55   
 2012-Feb-01 12:00     10 31 41.03 -06 24 09.8   8.55   
 2012-Feb-01 13:00     10 31 38.20 -06 26 47.8   8.55   
 2012-Feb-01 14:00     10 31 35.37 -06 29 25.7   8.55   
 2012-Feb-01 15:00     10 31 32.53 -06 32 03.5   8.55   
 2012-Feb-01 16:00     10 31 29.68 -06 34 41.3   8.55   
 2012-Feb-01 17:00     10 31 26.83 -06 37 18.9   8.55   
 2012-Feb-01 18:00     10 31 23.97 -06 39 56.4   8.55   
 2012-Feb-01 19:00     10 31 21.11 -06 42 33.8   8.55   
 2012-Feb-01 20:00     10 31 18.24 -06 45 11.2   8.55   
 2012-Feb-01 21:00     10 31 15.36 -06 47 48.4   8.55   
 2012-Feb-01 22:00     10 31 12.48 -06 50 25.5   8.55   
 2012-Feb-01 23:00     10 31 09.60 -06 53 02.6   8.55   
 2012-Feb-02 00:00     10 31 06.71 -06 55 39.5   8.55   

We will need very up to date positions for the asteroid if we attempt to go for it as it will move pretty fast. The last one was broadcast live (after midnight) on the internet and telescopes had to be constantly nudged to keep up with it.
I will check and see if it is being broadcast anywhere live and get back to you, you never know we might get a clear sky on Wednesday :-)

thanks
does anyone know if it's visible tomorrow night then (wed night)?