2022-05-28, 05:58 PM
Hi MP Hunters,
It seems like the MP cards are stacked for the southern hemisphere, but the weather gods really have your number. Here's another one.
Peak brightness is estimated to only reach 16.6 magnitude which is too faint for a 13" scope but possibly imageable. It's moving very fast (338.3"/min at close approach of 321.1k km) when it will be in Centaurus.
Here's an ST4v IA finder chart for the night of May 30-31 in Brisbane, AU: [attachment=2390]
The track is close to Omega Centauri ~2100 on May 30.
Good hunting & clear skies,
Phil S.
It seems like the MP cards are stacked for the southern hemisphere, but the weather gods really have your number. Here's another one.
Peak brightness is estimated to only reach 16.6 magnitude which is too faint for a 13" scope but possibly imageable. It's moving very fast (338.3"/min at close approach of 321.1k km) when it will be in Centaurus.
Here's an ST4v IA finder chart for the night of May 30-31 in Brisbane, AU: [attachment=2390]
The track is close to Omega Centauri ~2100 on May 30.
Good hunting & clear skies,
Phil S.