and I thought it was going to hard to see. low on the northern horizon and 12th mag, no problem.
Hi Dion,
On 12 Feb 2013, at 07:45, Dion Davidson wrote:
I thought DA14 was crossing utah during the day and so wouldn't be visible for us except after sunset near the north pole as it makes it's exit, too faint for us mere mortals (ie not Patrick) to see. Am I wrong? Dion
It will not be visible from Utah during closest approach.
However, by 1900 MST on the 15th the Sun will be about 12 degrees below the horizon and 2012 DA14 will be about a third of the way up our northern sky. By that time it will have slowed from about 2,300"/min to a "leisurely" 160 and shining about mag 12.
An hour later it'll only be slightly higher in the sky but slowed to 125"/min and only a bit fainter.
For exact coordinates go to the Minor Planet Ephemeris Service: http://www.minorplanetcenter.org/iau/MPEph/MPEph.html
Happily the NWS is currently calling for mostly clear skies Friday night.
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