Late-breaking news about this event can also be found on the asteroidal occultation page of the International Occultation Timing Association's Web site . Click on map for full-sized view. On Monday morning, November 20th , observers in a narrow path across the United States may be able to see the naked-eye star Mu Geminorum briefly snuffed out by the asteroid 752 Sulamitis . Only once before in the history of astronomy has anyone knowingly witnessed a star this bright being occulted by an asteroid. That article showed two possible paths, but they were based on observations of the asteroid's motion only through 1999.
North is up.
A comet discovered more than a year ago has finally brightened to easy visibility in binoculars. About magnitude 8.5, the comet is moving slowly northeastward through Centaurus this month. Observers north of the equator will get their chance for a view during December and the first few months of 2001. Then only 15th magnitude, the comet was quickly found to be following a path tipped 80 degrees to the ecliptic. The ephemeris below is based on Brian G. Marsden's orbital elements published on Minor Planet Circular 41158.