[vsnet-alert 7631] Re: Bright object in Eastern Sagittarius

["Keith Geary" <keithg1@eircom.net>]

Hello Berto, it was most likely the planet Mercury, it's present in the dawn
sky in Eastern Sagittarius at the moment. I've just checked with My Redshift
4 program, seems that it is. It's very near pi sgr tomorrow morning at dawn,
coordinates
19h12m57s -21d07'15"

Best Regards, Keith.........

----- Original Message -----
From: "Berto Monard" <LAGMonar@csir.co.za>
To: <vsnet-alert@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp>
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 6:49 AM
Subject: [vsnet-alert 7627] Bright object in Eastern Sagittarius


> I could possibly make a fool of myself for this but I would like to ask
> if someone can follow up on my observation.
>
> This morning during dawn I noticed a bright star somewhere around
> coordinates 19 25 -18. I estimated the magnitude around 2 and the colour
> was yellowish-orange, possibly caused by airmass reddening.
> The nearest bright star to that position is Pi Sgr, which is
> 2.88V(0.3).
>
> Since it was flickering I thought it was unlikely to be a planet, but
> it is not impossible that Mercury could be in that position. I haven't
> been able to trace that..
>
> I wonder what it was! Perhaps it was Pi Sgr, maybe Mercury, or
> something else...
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Berto Monard
>
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