[Utah-astronomy] Re: What to see in the spring sky, in light polluted viewing (other than Patrick's laser pointer)

On 14 Mar 2007, at 15:59, Ann Blanchard wrote:

Any favorites any of you would suggest?

While not a "normal" favorite there is a fun event coming up on the 31st that you and others may want to try for (I mentioned this once before in early February so consider this a reminder). Seems that on that night a 2-km wide asteroid named 2006 VV2 will scoot past the Earth at about 10th magnitude, going so fast (1 arc minute per minute) that observers should actually be able to see the thing move. 3D orbit: http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/db?name=2006+VV2 Ephemeris: http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/Unusual/ K06V02V.html pw