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1994 PC1 is a stony asteroid, classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group, approximately 1.1 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 9 August 1994, by astronomer Robert McNaught at the Siding Spring Observatory in Coonabarabran, Australia.
On 18 January 2022, 1994 PC1 will pass just outside of 5 lunar distances of Earth, with a peak magnitude of about 10 placing it just outside the reach of common binoculars.
Für Aufsuchkarten siehe: Sky & Telescope
On January 14th, around 10 p.m. EST, our whiz kid is already at magnitude 12.2 and located in the southern constellation Pictor about 8° northwest of Canopus. Three nights later on January 17th, it brightens to magnitude 10.3 and becomes more conveniently placed for northern observers, heading northwest at about 1.5° per hour from Fornax into Eridanus.
On 18 January 2022, 1994 PC1 will pass just outside of 5 lunar distances of Earth, with a peak magnitude of about 10 placing it just outside the reach of common binoculars.
Für Aufsuchkarten siehe: Sky & Telescope
On January 14th, around 10 p.m. EST, our whiz kid is already at magnitude 12.2 and located in the southern constellation Pictor about 8° northwest of Canopus. Three nights later on January 17th, it brightens to magnitude 10.3 and becomes more conveniently placed for northern observers, heading northwest at about 1.5° per hour from Fornax into Eridanus.
