TOUTATIS (NYC AREA)

[saturn44]

HELLO ALL,<br /><br />I WOULD LIKE KNOW WHERE AND WHEN IS THE BEST TIME AND PLACE TO VIEW TOUTATIS? THANKS

 

[saturn44]

HELLO ALL, <br /><br />I WOULD LIKE KNOW WHERE AND WHEN IS THE BEST TIME AND PLACE TO VIEW TOUTATIS? THANKS <br /><br />

 

[tfwthom]

Toutatis Close Approaches (EMD = Earth-Moon distances) <br /><br />Date 2004 Sep 29<br />hh:mm 13:37<br /><br />Dist AU 0.0103592320 <br /> km 1,549,719<br /> miles 962,951<br /> EMD 4.0<br /><br />RA 14 31 33.2<br />Dec -59 40 29.9<br />Constell'n Centaurus<br /><br />It has a mag of 15.3 so you would need a darksite with about a 20" scope. You would also have to be in the southern hemisphere since it going to be in Centaurus<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="1" color="#3366ff">www.siriuslookers.org</font> </div>

 

[mooware]

So that rules out NY..

 

[saturn44]

SO THERE'S NO PLACE IN (SPECIFICALLY NY) THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE TO GET A GOOD VIEW? THANKS

 

[tom_hobbes]

Dude,<br /><br />THE CAPS LOCK KEY IS LOCATED TOWARD THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF YOUR KEYBOARD. TYPICALLY HALF WAY DOWN. YOU MIGHT FIND IT USEFUL. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font size="2" color="#339966"> I wish I could remember<br /> But my selective memory<br /> Won't let me</font><font size="2" color="#99cc00"> </font><font size="3" color="#339966"><font size="2">- </font></font><font size="1" color="#339966">Mark Oliver Everett</font></p><p> </p> </div>

 

[saturn44]

STICK TO THE TOPIC.

 

[silylene old]

M Y C A P S L O C K G O T S T U C K T O O.<br /><br />Let's learn to use lower case. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature" align="center"><em><font color="#0000ff">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</font></em> </div><div class="Discussion_UserSignature" align="center"><font color="#0000ff"><em>I really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function.</em></font> </div> </div>

 

[yruc]

It will be visiable in the northern hemisphere In October. <br /><br />From Space.com ...<br />http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/toutatis_flyby_040927.html<br />"By early October, it will suddenly be re-emerging into northern skies as its apparent trajectory will bring it back into very favorable view," Sherrod said in an e-mail interview. But by then the asteroid will be moving away from Earth and getting dimmer. It will quickly become "very difficult" to spot even with an 8-inch telescope, he said.<br /><br /><br />5 Oct / RA10 26.52 / Dec -2 38.4 / 0.036AU distant / 15.6 mag

 

[CalliArcale]

<blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p>STICK TO THE TOPIC.<p><hr /></p></p></blockquote><br /><br />If you're going to speak in all caps, saturn44, you're going to have to expect people to ask you to stop. Speaking in all caps is the equivalent of shouting. So you come across as very brash. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /><br /><br />At nearest approach, Toutatis will only be visible from Australia and regions nearby. But you can get the ephemerides for it here, which you can plug into a planetarium program to predict viewing locations. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>

 

[a_lost_packet_]

The CAPS LOCK KEY IS FUN!<br /><br />Personally, I've always <i>enjoyed the italics key!!</i><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="1">I put on my robe and wizard hat...</font> </div>

 

[a_lost_packet_]

Did anyone actually look for it? <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /><br /><br />Gotcha! <img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="1">I put on my robe and wizard hat...</font> </div>

 

[newtonian]

Yruc- OK, when in early October? I am in South Louisiana.<br /><br />Saturn - Caps don't bother me.<br /><br />Calli - Caps is shouting? Learn something new every day!<br /><br />I thought it was emphasis.

 

[qzzq]

<i>I thought it was emphasis.</i><br /><br />Shouting <i>is</i> emphasis. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p>***</p> </div>

 

[newtonian]

qzzq- Yes, but it carries a negative connotation. Now what about bold, underlined, larger font!<br /><br />Saturn - capital idea! It helps those with poor eyesight to view your post- now to view Toutatis!<br /><br />You all - what is the probability an asteroid similar in size to Toutatis will strike earth - I guess that would need a time factor - like per 1,000 years, etc.<br /><br />I heard some thought Toutatis might strike us - that view has been proven wrong, I think.