It is expected to be bright as 7 mag in late 2000. Northern people cannot observe it until December. The altitude will be 23 deg at best in the Northern Hemisphere. Now it is not in outburst. Only southern people can observe it.
Northern people can never see it again.
Only observable in the Southern Hemisphere. In the Northern Hemisphere, it appears at dawn in 2000 June, when it will be already fainter than 15 mag. It was fainter than 12.0 mag on Feb. 11 by KenIchi Kadota, Ageo. It will reach to 13.5 mag in June, but will not be observable in the Northern Hemisphere. Because it is far away, it keeps 14 mag until late 2000.