* Astronomy

The  magnitude 9 asteroid, 14 Irene, is predicted to pass only 0.2° north of magnitude 6 star 92 Virginis (HD 121607).
The event this evening is observable from Europe and the Americas.
Asteroid 14 Irene was at opposition on the 21st April, 2009.

Position(2000): RA = 13h56m27.90s, Dec = +01°03'02.0"


Ephemeris:

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Dec.      Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V

2009 05 07    13 59.25   +01 17.3    1.238    2.203   157.2    10.2     9.1
2009 05 08    13 58.46   +01 15.5    1.242    2.204   156.3    10.6     9.2
2009 05 09    13 57.68   +01 13.4    1.247    2.205   155.3    11.0     9.2
2009 05 10    13 56.93   +01 11.2    1.252    2.206   154.4    11.4     9.2
2009 05 11    13 56.19   +01 08.8    1.257    2.207   153.5    11.8     9.2
2009 05 12    13 55.48   +01 06.1    1.262    2.208   152.5    12.2     9.3
2009 05 13    13 54.78   +01 03.3    1.267    2.209   151.6    12.6     9.3
2009 05 14    13 54.11   +01 00.2    1.273    2.210   150.6    13.0     9.3
2009 05 15    13 53.46   +00 56.9    1.279    2.211   149.7    13.4     9.3
2009 05 16    13 52.84   +00 53.4    1.285    2.212   148.7    13.7     9.4
2009 05 17    13 52.24   +00 49.8    1.291    2.213   147.7    14.1     9.4