On Dec 12 UTC (Mon night/Tues Morning) the two STEREO spacecraft will have their last perigee before heading past the Moon and out in opposite directions. Observers in the western hemisphere around the Pacific ocean are well placed to see them. However, a telescope is required as the range will still be at last 10,000 km. My website has maps of predicted maximum brightness and a downloadable Excel spreadsheet that calculates sky coordinates from any ground location and can be used for input to Skymap Deepsky.txt file. http://dgilbert3.home.mindspring.com/061212_Stereo.htm David Dunham's page includes news and sky coordinates for a number of locations worldwide. http://highorbits.jhuapl.edu/stereo.htm Note that the JPL Horizons Web site as not been updated since Nov 13 and should not be used for predictions for this event. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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