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HIP 76876 (HD 140031)

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Position (J2000): RA: 15 41 53.5 Dec: -12 45 35
Size: 14'1 x 14'1

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The magnitude 7.6 asteroid (4) Vesta will occult the magnitude 8.8 star HIP 76876 at 07:16 UT , on the 31st January 2007 .
The event will be observable from Uruguay, Argentina, Chile

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Position(2000): RA = 15 41 53.572 Dec.= -12 45 35.62

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Vesta Ephemeris

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-- Edited by Blobrana at 23:12, 2007-01-29

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Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2006 03 01    06 33.41   +25 33.2    1.888    2.503   117.3    20.6     7.4
2006 03 02    06 33.61   +25 34.5    1.899    2.502   116.4    20.8     7.4
2006 03 03    06 33.84   +25 35.7    1.910    2.502   115.4    21.0     7.4
2006 03 04    06 34.10   +25 36.9    1.922    2.501   114.5    21.2     7.4
2006 03 05    06 34.39   +25 38.0    1.933    2.500   113.5    21.3     7.5
2006 03 06    06 34.72   +25 39.1    1.944    2.499   112.6    21.5     7.5
2006 03 07    06 35.07   +25 40.1    1.956    2.499   111.7    21.7     7.5
2006 03 08    06 35.46   +25 41.1    1.967    2.498   110.8    21.8     7.5
2006 03 09    06 35.87   +25 42.0    1.979    2.497   109.9    22.0     7.5
2006 03 10    06 36.31   +25 42.9    1.990    2.497   109.0    22.1     7.5
2006 03 11    06 36.78   +25 43.7    2.002    2.496   108.1    22.2     7.6
2006 03 12    06 37.28   +25 44.5    2.014    2.495   107.2    22.4     7.6
2006 03 13    06 37.81   +25 45.2    2.026    2.494   106.3    22.5     7.6
2006 03 14    06 38.36   +25 45.9    2.038    2.494   105.4    22.6     7.6
2006 03 15    06 38.94   +25 46.5    2.050    2.493   104.6    22.7     7.6
2006 03 16    06 39.55   +25 47.1    2.061    2.492   103.7    22.8     7.6
2006 03 17    06 40.18   +25 47.6    2.073    2.491   102.9    22.9     7.6
2006 03 18    06 40.84   +25 48.0    2.086    2.491   102.0    23.0     7.7
2006 03 19    06 41.53   +25 48.4    2.098    2.490   101.2    23.1     7.7
2006 03 20    06 42.24   +25 48.8    2.110    2.489   100.3    23.2     7.7
2006 03 21    06 42.97   +25 49.1    2.122    2.488    99.5    23.3     7.7
2006 03 22    06 43.73   +25 49.3    2.134    2.488    98.7    23.3     7.7
2006 03 23    06 44.52   +25 49.5    2.146    2.487    97.9    23.4     7.7
2006 03 24    06 45.32   +25 49.7    2.158    2.486    97.1    23.4     7.7
2006 03 25    06 46.15   +25 49.7    2.170    2.485    96.3    23.5     7.8
2006 03 26    06 47.01   +25 49.8    2.183    2.485    95.5    23.6     7.8
2006 03 27    06 47.88   +25 49.7    2.195    2.484    94.7    23.6     7.8
2006 03 28    06 48.78   +25 49.7    2.207    2.483    93.9    23.6     7.8
2006 03 29    06 49.70   +25 49.5    2.219    2.482    93.1    23.7     7.8
2006 03 30    06 50.64   +25 49.3    2.232    2.482    92.3    23.7     7.8
2006 03 31    06 51.60   +25 49.0    2.244    2.481    91.6    23.7     7.8


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Position of Vesta on Feb 28th 2006.


Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.        V
2005-Dec-28   07 16 42   +22 08 33.9   6.51   
2005-Dec-29   07 15 39   +22 13 19.0   6.49   
2005-Dec-30   07 14 35   +22 18 04.5   6.46   
2005-Dec-31   07 13 30   +22 22 50.2   6.43   
2006-Jan-01   07 12 25   +22 27 35.7   6.40   
2006-Jan-02   07 11 19   +22 32 20.8   6.37   
2006-Jan-03   07 10 13   +22 37 05.2   6.34   
2006-Jan-04   07 09 06   +22 41 48.5   6.30   
2006-Jan-05   07 07 59   +22 46 30.6   6.26   
2006-Jan-06   07 06 52   +22 51 11.1   6.21   
2006-Jan-07   07 05 45   +22 55 49.8   6.26   
2006-Jan-08   07 04 37   +23 00 26.4   6.30   
2006-Jan-09   07 03 30   +23 05 00.8   6.33   
2006-Jan-10   07 02 23   +23 09 32.6   6.36   
2006-Jan-11   07 01 16   +23 14 01.7   6.39   
2006-Jan-12   07 00 10   +23 18 27.9   6.42   
2006-Jan-13   06 59 04   +23 22 51.0   6.45   
2006-Jan-14   06 57 58   +23 27 10.7   6.47   
2006-Jan-15   06 56 53   +23 31 27.1   6.49   
2006-Jan-16   06 55 49   +23 35 39.8   6.52   
2006-Jan-17   06 54 45   +23 39 48.9   6.54   
2006-Jan-18   06 53 42   +23 43 54.1   6.56   
2006-Jan-19   06 52 40   +23 47 55.4   6.58   
2006-Jan-20   06 51 39   +23 51 52.6   6.61  
2006-Jan-21   06 50 39   +23 55 45.7   6.63   
2006-Jan-22   06 49 40   +23 59 34.5   6.65   
2006-Jan-23   06 48 43   +24 03 19.2   6.67   
2006-Jan-24   06 47 46   +24 06 59.4   6.69   
2006-Jan-25   06 46 51   +24 10 35.4   6.71   
2006-Jan-26   06 45 57   +24 14 06.9   6.73   
2006-Jan-27   06 45 05   +24 17 34.0   6.75   
2006-Jan-28   06 44 14   +24 20 56.7   6.77   
2006-Jan-29   06 43 25   +24 24 15.0   6.79   
2006-Jan-30   06 42 37   +24 27 28.8   6.82


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Vesta was the fourth asteroid to be discovered. With a diameter of 525 kilometres, Vesta appears to even the largest telescopes as a speck of light.



Vesta holds the distinction of being the brightest asteroid, occasionally being visible to the naked eye. Just now Vesta is at "opposition" and is an ideal time to observe the asteroid.
Vesta reflects 25 percent of the sunlight falling onto its surface, the moon, by comparison, reflects only 12 percent.
Opposition is when a celestial object appears opposite in the sky from the sun. It's during this time that a body lies closest to Earth and reaches its brightest.
Vesta will officially reaches this point on January 5, 2006, when it lies only 143,781,413 miles away.

To be sure it's Vesta, make a sketch of the stars you see and return night after night. You should soon notice that one of these "stars" is moving through this stellar pattern.
This, of course, is no star; it's Vesta.

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