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Published in final edited form as: Minor Planet Bull. 2019 Jan;46(1):52.

ASTEROID-DEEPSKY APPULSES IN 2019

Brian D Warner 1
PMCID: PMC7192046  NIHMSID: NIHMS1570172  PMID: 32355915

The following list is a very small subset of the results of a search for asteroid-deepsky appulses for 2019, presenting only the highlights for the year based on close approaches of brighter asteroids to brighter DSOs. For the complete set visit http://www.minorplanet.info/ObsGuides/Appulses/DSOAppulses.htm

For any event not covered, the Minor Planet Center's web site at https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/cgi-bin/checkmp.cgi allows you to enter the location of a suspected asteroid or supernova and check if there are any known targets in the area.

The table gives the following data:

Date/Time Universal Date (MM DD) and Time of closest approach
#/Name The number and name of the asteroid
RA/Dec The J2000 position of the asteroid
AM The approximate visual magnitude of the asteroid
Sep/PA The separation in arcseconds and the position angle from the DSO to the asteroid
DSO The DSO name or catalog designation
DM The approximate total magnitude of the DSO
DT DSO Type: OC = Open Cluster; GC = Globular Cluster; G = Galaxy
SE/ME The elongation in degrees from the sun and moon, respectively
MP The phase of the moon: 0 = New, 1.0 = Full. Positive = waxing; Negative = waning
Date UT # Name RA Dec AM Sep PA DSO DM DT SE ME MP
01 02 14:43 151 Abundantia 12 22.07 +04 32.5 14.0 219 17 M61 9.6 G 98 60 −0.11
01 04 22:34 337 Devosa 12 08.28 +02 55.1 12.8 146 31 NGC 4123 11.4 G 103 91 −0.01
01 13 15:48 92 Undina 10 47.28 +17 17.6 12.2 179 58 NGC 3370 11.6 G 136 141 0.44
01 31 14:37 224 Oceana 08 27.11 +25 59.3 12.4 81 7 NGC 2592 12.3 G 169 141 −0.15
02 04 19:18 216 Kleopatra 06 52.17 +02 55.3 11.1 48 215 Biur 10 10.4 OC 143 143 0.00
02 05 23:14 110 Lydia 12 19.41 +06 07.1 12.6 11 41 NGC 4260 11.8 G 134 146 0.01
02 07 19:44 388 Charybdis 10 44.08 +11 45.9 13.4 246 17 M95 9.7 G 160 167 0.08
03 01 08:13 236 Honoria 09 29.31 +07 40.7 13.0 157 210 NGC 2894 12.4 G 161 140 −0.23
03 02 20:38 92 Undina 10 18.47 +21 56.4 11.8 156 24 NGC 3193 10.9 G 163 151 −0.12
03 03 08:45 433 Eros 06 34.97 +05 22.3 10.3 46 211 NGC 2252 7.7 OC 116 147 −0.09
03 05 04:21 7 Iris 13 09.07 −15 26.5 9.9 275 13 NGC 4984 11.3 G 142 126 −0.02
03 06 08:47 151 Abundantia 12 23.14 +05 13.3 12.7 173 200 NGC 4324 11.6 G 161 159 0.00
03 06 13:42 136 Austria 10 12.55 +03 05.0 13.0 223 217 NGC 3156 12.3 G 166 164 0.00
03 09 03:41 405 Thia 13 41.21 −29 56.8 11.3 230 258 NGC 5264 12.0 G 131 151 0.06
03 09 16:51 151 Abundantia 12 20.47 +05 27.0 12.6 193 19 NGC 4281 11.3 G 164 160 0.09
03 10 08:20 1304 Arosa 11 39.83 +31 58.1 13.8 212 27 NGC 3786 12.3 G 152 129 0.13
03 10 08:28 151 Abundantia 12 19.92 +05 29.7 12.6 47 18 NGC 4270 12.2 G 165 152 0.13
03 28 13:05 665 Sabine 13 31.93 −33 16.2 12.9 136 171 NGC 5193 11.6 G 146 70 −0.46
04 01 06:13 326 Tamara 13 00.15 +12 24.6 12.0 270 170 NGC 4880 11.4 G 163 135 −0.15
04 02 17:36 191 Kolga 12 47.86 +04 22.3 13.5 92 34 NGC 4688 11.9 G 171 154 −0.06
04 03 04:34 57 Mnemosyne 13 05.63 −08 02.3 11.9 99 217 NGC 4958 10.7 G 175 150 −0.04
04 03 06:33 532 Herculina 09 09.73 +33 11.0 9.8 208 29 NGC 2770 12.2 G 116 139 −0.04
04 08 15:18 787 Moskva 12 45.18 +00 27.3 13.2 26 223 NGC 4666 10.7 G 171 134 0.11
04 29 00:46 212 Medea 18 03.38 −27 53.4 13.9 36 339 NGC 6520 7.6 OC 127 60 −0.30
04 11 20:15 787 Moskva 12 42.69 +00 06.6 13.3 125 41 NGC 4632 11.7 G 168 90 0.40
04 28 23:39 490 Veritas 14 11.44 −05 04.8 13.2 118 206 NGC 5493 11.4 G 170 119 −0.31
04 29 00:46 212 Medea 18 03.38 −27 53.4 13.9 36 339 NGC 6520 7.6 OC 127 60 −0.30
04 29 08:04 326 Tamara 12 22.25 +09 00.0 12.4 222 144 NGC 4307 12.0 G 142 153 −0.28
04 30 18:35 349 Dembowska 10 25.18 +17 10.3 11.2 68 72 NGC 3239 11.3 G 112 160 −0.17
05 07 18:07 44 Nysa 14 03.46 −05 57.6 10.1 211 16 NGC 5427 11.4 G 163 129 0.09
06 04 07:16 1166 Sakuntala 17 27.58 −05 01.8 12.8 217 331 NGC 6366 10.0 GC 160 164 0.01
07 05 00:32 33 Polyhymnia 00 39.33 +03 00.9 12.1 75 156 NGC 194 12.2 G 92 123 0.07
07 05 13:48 221 Eos 14 22.58 +00 22.7 13.1 177 63 NGC 5584 11.4 G 110 72 0.11
07 06 11:36 702 Alauda 23 50.85 +20 10.4 13.0 225 293 NGC 7769 12.0 G 97 141 0.18
07 07 08:26 323 Brucia 18 31.06 −25 33.3 12.7 239 146 NGC 6638 9.2 GC 172 110 0.27
08 25 01:33 410 Chloris 17 23.95 −26 23.0 12.0 126 200 NGC 6355 9.6 GC 111 174 −0.35
09 04 22:59 679 Pax 17 21.26 −19 34.3 13.6 64 49 NGC 6342 9.9 GC 99 23 0.38
09 05 18:51 21 Lutetia 00 42.72 −01 32.6 10.0 44 150 NGC 227 12.1 G 153 121 0.47
09 23 05:00 1186 Turnera 01 53.16 +04 15.0 13.4 243 352 NGC 718 11.7 G 151 76 −0.38
10 25 18:02 162082 1998 HL1 01 50.33 +27 38.7 12.9 110 67 NGC 684 12.4 G 164 138 −0.08
10 28 00:13 773 Irmintraud 02 35.39 +40 57.7 13.6 41 354 NGC 982 12.5 G 151 146 0.00
10 29 11:58 162082 1998 HL1 02 27.63 −01 09.3 13.2 69 252 NGC 936 10.1 G 165 158 0.03
11 02 11:21 1186 Turnera 01 20.10 +03 27.0 13.3 119 360 NGC 474 11.5 G 160 92 0.32
11 02 20:45 1186 Turnera 01 19.80 +03 27.0 13.3 119 0 NGC 470 11.8 G 159 87 0.35
11 24 22:52 139 Juewa 09 14.99 +29 45.2 12.3 70 353 NGC 2789 12.2 G 110 87 −0.04
11 28 01:32 41 Daphne 02 30.60 −01 05.8 12.6 11 345 NGC 955 12.0 G 147 130 0.03
12 03 14:57 1074 Beljawskya 06 08.90 +24 19.5 14.0 27 184 M35 5.1 OC 159 118 0.44

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