------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1862 2003 Mar 07 23.56UT Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke, Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074 INTERNET: GUY@TAHQ.DEMON.CO.UK GMH at AST.STAR.RL.AC.UK WORLD WIDE WEB http://www.theastronomer.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- CV1188 Peter Birtwhistle has drawn out attention to this object on the NEOCP which he imaged around Mar 6.08UT and recorded the magnitude varying between R 15.5-16.2 The following ephemeris is from the NEO site of the Minor Planet Center but Peter cautions that parallax could produce sizeable shifts in position from different observing sites. He recommends generating an ephemeris for your location by visiting: http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/NEO/ToConfirm.html. Date UT * R.A. (J2000) Decl. Elong. V Motion h "/min P.A. 2003 03 06 18 10 37 01.7 +23 35 28 160.6 16.2 59.87 216.4 2003 03 06 19 10 34 27.1 +22 47 06 161.1 16.1 60.12 216.2 2003 03 06 20 10 31 53.8 +21 58 24 161.5 16.1 60.34 215.9 2003 03 06 21 10 29 21.7 +21 09 23 161.8 16.1 60.53 215.7 2003 03 06 22 10 26 50.9 +20 20 06 162.2 16.1 60.68 215.5 2003 03 06 23 10 24 21.3 +19 30 34 162.4 16.1 60.79 215.3 2003 03 07 00 10 21 53.1 +18 40 49 162.7 16.1 60.86 215.0 2003 03 07 01 10 19 26.2 +17 50 55 162.8 16.1 60.89 214.9 2003 03 07 02 10 17 00.6 +17 00 54 162.9 16.1 60.89 214.7 2003 03 07 03 10 14 36.4 +16 10 47 162.9 16.1 60.84 214.5 2003 03 07 04 10 12 13.6 +15 20 37 162.9 16.1 60.76 214.3 2003 03 07 05 10 09 52.1 +14 30 27 162.9 16.1 60.64 214.2 Guy M Hurst