Hi David, On 24 Jun 2011, at 14:13, David Rankin wrote:
I would like to image this thing. Any idea what constellation it will be in the night of the 27th?
-David
I don't know the constellation but if RA and Dec will help here's where I got the information I used to shoot the animation I posted of 2011 MD this morning: http://www.minorplanetcenter.org/iau/MPEph/MPEph.html Where it asks for a designation enter: 2011 MD You can enter your lat/long in the spaces provided but you can also use my observatory number 718. It looks like it will not be visible from Utah at closest approach. Last chance we'll have to see it high in the sky at night will be Sunday night into Monday morning. Closest approach a few hours later is during daylight here in Utah. Just as well as at that time it'll be screaming across the sky at nearly 2,200"/min. Zoom! :) patrick