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Author : a.doppler@uriela.in-berlin.de (Andreas Doppler)

Daily conjunction ephemerides for the period of: Monday, 1996 Jan.  1 - Sunday,
1996 Jan.  7. The conjunctions are sorted by time (UT). All known asteroids and
objects of the NGC 2000.0 are included in the list which meets the following
criteria: The minimum elongation to the sun has to exceed 30 degrees, the
maximum elongation to the NGC/IC Object is 10 arcmin and the limiting magnitude
of the asteroid is brighter or equal than 14.0 mag. The Ephemerides were
calculated with a step of 5 min. Coordinates are for J2000.0 and FK5. Every
fifth issue detailed explanations are given at the end of the ephemerides.

------------------------------< Monday, 1996 Jan.  1 >-------------------------
 (UT)  Asteroid R.A.(2000)Decl Magn NGCICType R.A.(2000)Decl Magn  Size Dis Pos
 h  m  NameNum.  h   m    o  ' Step ID    OBJ  h   m    o  ' Step    '   '    o
 3:25       539  1:07.2 +13:51 13.9 I1620  Gx  1: 7.1 +13:58 14.0   1.2 7.0 188

-----------------------------< Tuesday, 1996 Jan.  2 >-------------------------
 (UT)  Asteroid R.A.(2000)Decl Magn NGCICType R.A.(2000)Decl Magn  Size Dis Pos
 h  m  NameNum.  h   m    o  ' Step ID    OBJ  h   m    o  ' Step    '   '    o
 0:10        63 20:42.0 -19:38 12.2 I1328  Gx 20:42.0 -19:38 15.0   0.8 0.3 193
17:00       704 21:32.3 - 1:44 11.7 I1390  Gx 21:32.5 - 1:52 15.0 ----- 7.5  18
17:15       192 17:16.6 -28:09 12.6 N6316  Gb 17:16.6 -28:08  9.0   4.9 1.1 173
20:30       128  2:35.2 +12:49 11.8 I 238  Gx  2:35.3 +12:49 14.0   1.8 1.0  52
23:25       416  1:11.9 + 1:32 13.6 I  84  Gx  1:11.5 + 1:39 15.0 ----- 9.0 227

---------------------------< Wednesday, 1996 Jan.  3 >-------------------------
 (UT)  Asteroid R.A.(2000)Decl Magn NGCICType R.A.(2000)Decl Magn  Size Dis Pos
 h  m  NameNum.  h   m    o  ' Step ID    OBJ  h   m    o  ' Step    '   '    o
14:30       116 22:46.1 -11:00 13.9 N7371  Gx 22:46.1 -11:00 12.1   2.1 0.5 205
18:45        32 23:43.9 + 0:39 13.1 N7738  Gx 23:44.1 + 0:31 14.0   2.2 9.1  18

----------------------------< Thursday, 1996 Jan.  4 >-------------------------
 (UT)  Asteroid R.A.(2000)Decl Magn NGCICType R.A.(2000)Decl Magn  Size Dis Pos
 h  m  NameNum.  h   m    o  ' Step ID    OBJ  h   m    o  ' Step    '   '    o
 1:25        87 15:08.1 -11:16 13.6 I1091  Gx 15: 8.2 -11:09 ----   1.4 7.4 164
16:25        87 15:08.7 -11:18 13.6 N5858  Gx 15: 8.8 -11:13 14.0   1.4 6.0 164

------------------------------< Friday, 1996 Jan.  5 >-------------------------
 (UT)  Asteroid R.A.(2000)Decl Magn NGCICType R.A.(2000)Decl Magn  Size Dis Pos
 h  m  NameNum.  h   m    o  ' Step ID    OBJ  h   m    o  ' Step    '   '    o
 6:05        87 15:09.3 -11:21 13.6 N5861  Gx 15: 9.3 -11:19 12.0   3.0 2.2 164
13:00       444 13:39.6 -11:29 13.8 N5254  Gx 13:39.6 -11:30 13.0   3.2 0.1 338
14:55         7  4:01.5 +20:10  8.1 I2016  Gx  4: 1.9 +20:13 16.0 ----- 6.2 111
16:25       868  7:09.5 +20:41 13.2 N2342  Gx  7: 9.4 +20:38 13.0   1.6 4.1 342
17:10       868  7:09.5 +20:42 13.2 N2341  Gx  7: 9.3 +20:35 14.0   1.1 7.3 342

----------------------------< Saturday, 1996 Jan.  6 >-------------------------
 (UT)  Asteroid R.A.(2000)Decl Magn NGCICType R.A.(2000)Decl Magn  Size Dis Pos
 h  m  NameNum.  h   m    o  ' Step ID    OBJ  h   m    o  ' Step    '   '    o
13:35         6  2:08.8 - 7:01  9.3 I 209  Gx  2: 9.0 - 7:04 13.0   0.8 3.3  46
19:00       198 23:01.7 + 2:19 12.6 N7460  Gx 23: 1.8 + 2:16 14.0   1.3 3.8  17
23:30       410 12:40.3 + 8:17 13.4 N4598  Gx 12:40.3 + 8:23 14.0 ----- 5.9 182

------------------------------< Sunday, 1996 Jan.  7 >-------------------------
 (UT)  Asteroid R.A.(2000)Decl Magn NGCICType R.A.(2000)Decl Magn  Size Dis Pos
 h  m  NameNum.  h   m    o  ' Step ID    OBJ  h   m    o  ' Step    '   '    o
 0:50        87 15:11.0 -11:28 13.6 N5872  Gx 15:11.0 -11:30 14.0 ----- 1.7 345
 1:10       139  1:51.3 +22:11 13.0 N 697  Gx  1:51.3 +22:21 13.0   4.7 9.7 181
 3:05      1021  8:40.3 +19:42 12.2 I2388  Gx  8:40.0 +19:38 16.0 ----- 6.1 314
12:55       416  1:14.0 + 2:03 13.7 N 435  Gx  1:14.0 + 2:04 15.0 ----- 0.1 233
13:50       573  7:08.4 +35:04 13.8 N2333  Gx  7: 8.4 +35:11 14.0 ----- 6.1 182
23:15       376 12:31.1 - 8:02 13.8 N4487  Gx 12:31.1 - 8:03 11.0   4.1 1.0 327
23:15      1021  8:39.6 +19:51 12.2 N2632  OC  8:40.1 +19:59  3.1  95.0 9.9 135

Used orbital elements  ( 2000.0 ).
MP       JDate  M       Halfa. Eccen Perihel Node    Inclin H     G   Source  Q
NameNum. YeMoDa Degrees   A.U. e     Degrees Degrees Degree Magn  -
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       6 961113 107.228  2.425 0.201 239.075 138.889 14.770  5.7 0.2 EMP 1996 0
       7 961113 106.983  2.385 0.230 145.257 259.925  5.523  5.5 0.1 EMP 1996 0
      32 951010 156.443  2.585 0.084 338.228 220.663  5.531  7.5 0.1 EMP 1995 0
      63 961113 120.668  2.395 0.125 294.827 338.165  5.788  7.5 0.2 EMP 1996 0
      87 961113 284.155  3.490 0.081 271.305  73.744 10.868  6.9 0.1 EMP 1996 0
     116 950324 139.477  2.767 0.139  94.027  64.090  3.573  7.8 0.1 MPC25033 0
     128 950324 330.478  2.749 0.126 303.495  76.512  6.252  7.4 0.1 MPC25186 0
     139 951010 245.893  2.779 0.177 165.648   2.224 10.939  7.7 0.1 EMP 1995 0
     192 951010 243.402  2.403 0.247  29.681 343.601  6.822  7.1 0.0 EMP 1995 0
     198 951010 348.074  2.458 0.228  88.295 268.741  9.296  8.3 0.1 EMP 1995 0
     376 951010 260.311  2.288 0.172 316.116 302.338  5.428  9.4 0.1 EMP 1995 0
     410 951010 263.178  2.727 0.237 172.632  97.322 10.931  8.3 0.1 EMP 1995 0
     416 951010 102.580  2.787 0.221 196.788  58.472 12.927  7.8 0.2 EMP 1995 0
     444 951010 188.335  2.768 0.176 154.428 195.988 10.265  7.8 0.2 EMP 1995 0
     539 950324 320.939  2.739 0.210  97.033 274.735  6.804  9.7 0.1 MPC24550 0
     573 951010  59.314  3.013 0.113  32.224 343.251  9.837  9.6 0.1 EMP 1995 0
     704 951010 319.210  3.062 0.145  94.073 280.700 17.325 -5.9 0.0 EMP 1995 0
     868 961113 117.759  2.703 0.149 286.525 116.103  5.827 10.2 0.1 EMP 1996 0
    1021 951010  27.156  2.737 0.286 286.263 115.877 15.822  8.9 0.1 EMP 1995 0

Images of some IC and NGC Objects can be found under following adresses :

NGC 4487 = http://www.seds.org/ftp/images/deepspace/gco/ngc4487.gif
NGC 2632 = http://www.seds.org/messier/large/m44.gif

If the asteroid is not numbered, alternately the designation is given. 'JDate'
is the Julian Date yymmdd for the anomaly M in degrees. 'Halfa' is the great
half axis a in astronomical units. 'Eccen e' is the eccentricity of the
orbit. 'Perihel', 'Node' and 'Inclin.' are the three orbit angles in degrees.
H is the magnitude of the object in 1 A.U. from the sun and the earth, G is the
factor in the calculation of the objects brightness, which is too complicate to
list here (see textbooks). 'Source' is the source of the elements, usually from
a minor planet circular. These orbital element list is only for an overview,
which orbit I used. For well-known objects the accuracy of the published
original elements may be some digits better than given here.

Explanations of the columns in the ephemerides:

UT                Universal Time of the conjunctions given in steps of 5min.
MinorPl           Number or designation of the asteroid.
R.A.(2000)Decl    The asteroid�s right ascension in hours and time minutes and
                  the declination in degrees and arc minutes for J2000.0.
Magn              The magnitude of the asteroid in magnitude steps.
NGCICType         N or I for a NGC or IC Object followed by the number as
                  appeared in the catalogue.
                  Gx  : Galaxy
                  OC  : Open star cluster
                  Gb  : Globular star cluster, usually in the Milky Way Galaxy
                  Nb  : Bright emission or reflection nebula
                  Pl  : Planetary nebula
                  C+N : Cluster associated with nebulosity
                  Ast : Asterism or group of a few stars
                  Kt  : Knot or nebulous region in an external galaxy
                  *** : Triple star
                  D*  : Double star
                  *   : Single star
                  ?   : Uncertain type or may not exist
                  x   : Unidentified at the place given, or type unknown
                  -   : Object called nonexistent in the RNGC
                  PD  : Photographic plate defect
R.A.(2000)Decl    The NGC/IC Object�s right ascension in hours and time minutes
                  and the declination in degrees and arc minutes for J2000.0.
Magn              The magnitude of the NGC/IC Object in magnitude steps.
Size              The size of the NGC/IC Object in arc minutes.
Dist              The distance of the asteroid to the NGC/IC Object in arc
                  minutes.
Pos               The asteroid's position angle to the NGC/IC Object (from
                  north over east, south and west back to north, 0..360
                  degrees).

If an image of a NGC or IC Object can be found under an URL, the adress is
given below the used orbital elements.

The ephemerides should promote the observing of conjunctions.

The ephemerides were computed with a program by Andreas Doppler with an Apple
Performa 630 computer (Version of 1995 Dec 22nd).

Please let me know if you observed a conjunction (or not).
You can reach me at a.doppler@uriela.in-berlin.de.

Because of the reason that software and/or datas may be incorrect, I cannot
guarantee the correctness of the ephemerides above.

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