RE: [APML] (OT) Asteroid collides with M104? <g>

[Philip Perkins <philip@astrocruise.com>]

Dear Marco, Michael, and others who helped.

Thanks very much indeed - this did indeed turn out to be asteroid 2137 
Priscilla, as confirmed also by MPcheck (thanks for the link 
Michael).  Megastar showed Priscilla to be more than 1 degree away! - so 
obviously it is working on out of date coordinates.  Megastar is not so 
good for solar system objects, though it is very good for deep sky 
objects.  Marco, I noted your comments about GUIDE and I will look into 
this package.  I may keep the animated GIF on my website and update it with 
the asteroid information.

Thanks
--Philip


At 22:52 06/01/02 -0200, you wrote:
>Dear Philip
>
>According to Guide 7.0 software, the asteroid is 2137 Priscilla (magnitude
>17.1). The speed of apparent motion is 36.086"/hour. Congratulations for
>your animated gif image.
>
>Marco De Bellis
>Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Philip Perkins - philip@astrocruise.com
Wiltshire UK & Luberon France
Astrocruise - http://www.astrocruise.com


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