As bad luck would have it tomorrow morning's close (350 km) flyby of Earth of the Juno spacecraft will not be visible from Utah. However, it will be above our horizon the morning of the 10th (UT). While the weather at that time is not forecast to be good folks might want to be watching with their scopes just in case. And there's the additional fact that by the time it rises it'll already be nearly as far away as the Moon so I doubt anyone in these parts will see it. But, hey, if we don't try it's certain we will not see it. Here are data from NASA/JPL's Horizons website calculated for my observatory but probably good for much of this region. Date/Time (UT) RA DEC AZI ALT AU 2013-Oct-10 05:00 04 44 +38 18 59.2683 24.1023 0.0024 2013-Oct-10 06:00 04 45 +38 32 65.9153 34.3213 0.0027 2013-Oct-10 07:00 04 44 +38 42 72.1440 45.0657 0.0029 2013-Oct-10 08:00 04 44 +38 51 78.2285 56.1867 0.0032 2013-Oct-10 09:00 04 44 +38 57 84.7124 67.5575 0.0034 2013-Oct-10 10:00 04 44 +39 01 93.9048 79.0451 0.0037 2013-Oct-10 11:00 04 43 +39 03 206.5117 88.2425 0.0039 2013-Oct-10 12:00 04 43 +39 04 268.0587 77.5356 0.0042 Calculate for yourself at http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi#top patrick --- My email address is changing. Old address: paw@wirelessbeehive.com New address: paw@getbeehive.net
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