[LVAS] Vesta at Magnitude 6.1 tonight

[Elena De La Pena]

Sounds like that's a better time. I'll be looking again tonight maybe later
than 10pm. Yeah, it is fun to track it. I hope to see it from the coast.
Maybe the clouds will give me a break. <smile>  **Elena

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.
>
>
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