[LVAS] Vesta at Magnitude 6.1 tonight

[Shawn Mann]

I went out too early, so I didn't have a chance to try it. Maybe tonight or
tomorrow.



On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:25 AM, Matthew Vannah <mvannah at vannahlaw.com>wrote:

> I went out just after 11pm when Algieba (Gamma Leonis) was about 70 degees
> altitude.  Due to the light pollution, I didn't have trouble picking Vesta
> out from the dimmer stars while using 10x30 binoculars.  Vesta had already
> passed between Algieba (Gamma Leonis) and 40 Leonis, and was northwest of
> Algieba, so that it formed a right angle with the two stars, Algieba being
> at the center of the right angle.  Vesta and 40 Leonis appeared to be
> equidistant from Algieba and I had trouble distinguishing a difference in
> magnitude between the two, while Algieba was obviously brighter.  Based on
> the article Shawn referred to, the asteroid shouldn't dim too much over the
> next few days.  I assume Vesta will have broken the right angle formation by
> tonight.  Should be fun to follow for a few days.
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 10:31 PM, Elena De La Pena <elenadlp at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I used binoculars from my balcony that faces east. Printed off S&T Vesta
>> map first. Yeah, from Summerlin you'd be looking across the valley and all
>> those lights.
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 10:24 PM, matt starr <xsmatt81 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Went out about an hour ago. Looked east, to washed out from the las vegas
>>> strip from my location in summerlin. Ohwell
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 10:16 PM, Elena De La Pena <elenadlp at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Well, it is up there. It's against a brighter star so isn't completely
>>>> visible tonight. Anyone else have a look? **Elena
>>>>
>>>>
>>
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