Likely new comet and cataclysmic variable in same field

[Jeremy Shears]

According to Denis Denisenko there is a conjunction between ASASSN-20pv, a cataclysmic variable receiving some attention at the moment, and a “likely new comet NEOWISE”. He notes: 

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….there is a rare opportunity to observe two very
interesting 15m objects in one CCD field of view. For the next 48 hours the
newly discovered NEOCP object N00ht7m (likely new comet NEOWISE) will be
located less than 45 arcmin from ASASSN-20pv. The close approach to within
13′ takes place around 16h UT on Jan. 07th.

Geocentric ephemeris with one-hour step is below. The last column gives the
distance between two objects in arcminutes. The position of ASASSN-20pv
itself is 10 40 19.5 -49 51 30. Depending on the FOV of your telescope, you
may need to adjust the pointing to fit both objects. N00ht7m is moving in
position angle about 292 (towards west-north-west) at 2.0 arcseconds per
minute (2 arcmin per hour). Obviously this opportunity is for southern
hemisphere observers only.

If you have the observatory code at MPC, please report the observations of
N00ht7m to Minor Planet Center in MPC format with the keyword “NEOCP” in
the Subject line.

NEOCP

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Year MM DD UT     R.A. (J2000.0) Decl.  Dist
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2021 01 06 11     10 46 12.6 -50 00 04  57.5
2021 01 06 12     10 46 01.7 -49 59 24  55.6
2021 01 06 13     10 45 50.8 -49 58 44  53.8
2021 01 06 14     10 45 39.9 -49 58 04  52.0
2021 01 06 15     10 45 29.0 -49 57 23  50.2
2021 01 06 16     10 45 18.0 -49 56 43  48.4
2021 01 06 17     10 45 07.0 -49 56 02  46.5
2021 01 06 18     10 44 56.0 -49 55 21  44.7
2021 01 06 19     10 44 45.0 -49 54 40  42.9
2021 01 06 20     10 44 33.9 -49 53 58  41.1
2021 01 06 21     10 44 22.8 -49 53 17  39.2
2021 01 06 22     10 44 11.7 -49 52 35  37.4
2021 01 06 23     10 44 00.6 -49 51 53  35.6
2021 01 07 00     10 43 49.4 -49 51 11  33.8
2021 01 07 01     10 43 38.2 -49 50 28  32.0
2021 01 07 02     10 43 27.0 -49 49 45  30.3
2021 01 07 03     10 43 15.8 -49 49 03  28.5
2021 01 07 04     10 43 04.5 -49 48 19  26.8
2021 01 07 05     10 42 53.2 -49 47 36  25.1
2021 01 07 06     10 42 41.9 -49 46 53  23.4
2021 01 07 07     10 42 30.6 -49 46 09  21.8
2021 01 07 08     10 42 19.2 -49 45 25  20.2
2021 01 07 09     10 42 07.9 -49 44 41  18.8
2021 01 07 10     10 41 56.4 -49 43 56  17.4
2021 01 07 11     10 41 45.0 -49 43 12  16.1
2021 01 07 12     10 41 33.6 -49 42 27  15.0
2021 01 07 13     10 41 22.1 -49 41 42  14.1
2021 01 07 14     10 41 10.6 -49 40 57  13.4
2021 01 07 15     10 40 59.0 -49 40 11  13.0
2021 01 07 16     10 40 47.5 -49 39 25  12.9
2021 01 07 17     10 40 35.9 -49 38 40  13.1
2021 01 07 18     10 40 24.3 -49 37 53  13.6
2021 01 07 19     10 40 12.7 -49 37 07  14.4
2021 01 07 20     10 40 01.0 -49 36 20  15.4
2021 01 07 21     10 39 49.3 -49 35 33  16.7
2021 01 07 22     10 39 37.6 -49 34 46  18.0
2021 01 07 23     10 39 25.9 -49 33 59  19.5
2021 01 08 00     10 39 14.2 -49 33 12  21.1
2021 01 08 01     10 39 02.4 -49 32 24  22.8
2021 01 08 02     10 38 50.6 -49 31 36  24.5
2021 01 08 03     10 38 38.7 -49 30 48  26.3
2021 01 08 04     10 38 26.9 -49 29 59  28.2
2021 01 08 05     10 38 15.0 -49 29 10  30.1
2021 01 08 06     10 38 03.1 -49 28 21  32.0
2021 01 08 07     10 37 51.2 -49 27 32  33.9
2021 01 08 08     10 37 39.2 -49 26 43  35.9
2021 01 08 09     10 37 27.2 -49 25 53  37.9
2021 01 08 10     10 37 15.2 -49 25 03  39.9
2021 01 08 11     10 37 03.2 -49 24 13  41.9

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