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What power for the asteroid tonight?

Started by dhahn365, 11/08/2011 02:18PM
Posted 11/08/2011 02:18PM Opening Post
I have an Orion 12 inch dob and I am hoping to catch the asteroid tonight. Should I go with my panoptic 35 with 43x or with my pan 19 with 79x?

David
Posted 11/08/2011 07:43PM | Edited 11/08/2011 07:53PM #1
According to a thread in the meteor forum below, the the asteroid will be traveling about one degree of sky about every 8 minutes or so. I think it is at about magnitude 11, so you are going to need dark skies and rather high magnifications to see it. You might want to experiment and adjust your magnification to see it well, and be able to track it. Good luck!

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