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30 September 2024 at 7:58 pm
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Alex Pratt
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2024 PT5 was mag 17 when discovered in southern skies and is currently mag 22 at high northerly declination, but next January it will reach mag 18, within reach of more amateur imagers (if the MPC and NASA Horizons ephemerides fully include the perturbations from its flyby).
Alex.
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