Potential Artemis 2 Visibility RA Dec

[Gil Funk]

ALCON,

Here are the GCS Right Ascension and Declination coordinates as visible from Rockville MD for Artemis 2. I decoded the coordinates from the JPL ephemerides using Python written by Shawn Gano.

https://www.gano.name/shawn/artemis2/

There’s a chance to see it very early tomorrow morning. 

Clear skies,

Gil

#	Phase	Date & Time (EDT)	MET	RA	Dec	Alt (deg)
1	START	2026-04-02 02:22:56	0.1222	16h 02m 15.26s	-29° 42′ 33.2″	15.0
	MAX	2026-04-02 04:40:37	0.2178	16h 23m 09.23s	-30° 59′ 30.0″	19.8
	END	2026-04-02 06:56:37	0.3123	16h 40m 29.84s	-31° 32′ 28.2″	14.9
---	------	------------------	------	----------------	----------------	-----------
2	START	2026-04-02 19:59:38	0.8560	10h 30m 51.50s	-20° 18′ 48.8″	17.7
	END	2026-04-02 20:03:38	0.8588	11h 32m 44.68s	-16° 10′ 32.5″	12.3
---	------	------------------	------	----------------	----------------	-----------
3	START	2026-04-03 00:35:38	1.0477	14h 57m 38.39s	-24° 38′ 35.2″	15.3
	MAX	2026-04-03 03:31:38	1.1699	15h 11m 06.61s	-25° 44′ 54.6″	25.1
	END	2026-04-03 06:23:38	1.2894	15h 18m 47.58s	-25° 54′ 37.0″	14.7
---	------	------------------	------	----------------	----------------	-----------
4	START	2026-04-04 01:59:38	2.1060	16h 09m 10.71s	-27° 07′ 12.4″	15.1
	MAX	2026-04-04 04:27:38	2.2088	16h 08m 38.85s	-27° 17′ 56.4″	23.5
	END	2026-04-04 06:59:38	2.3144	16h 08m 08.98s	-27° 15′ 13.6″	14.7
---	------	------------------	------	----------------	----------------	-----------
5	START	2026-04-05 02:19:38	3.1199	16h 27m 54.80s	-27° 38′ 08.7″	15.2
	MAX	2026-04-05 04:43:38	3.2199	16h 26m 56.69s	-27° 44′ 37.4″	23.1
	END	2026-04-05 07:07:38	3.3199	16h 26m 00.53s	-27° 41′ 45.1″	14.9
---	------	------------------	------	----------------	----------------	-----------
6	START	2026-04-06 02:27:38	4.1255	16h 38m 16.26s	-27° 53′ 37.8″	15.2
	MAX	2026-04-06 04:47:38	4.2227	16h 37m 01.13s	-27° 58′ 18.4″	22.9
	END	2026-04-06 07:11:38	4.3227	16h 35m 40.77s	-27° 55′ 06.6″	14.9
---	------	------------------	------	----------------	----------------	-----------
7	START	2026-04-07 02:23:38	5.1227	16h 35m 16.57s	-28° 06′ 07.6″	15.3
	MAX	2026-04-07 04:39:38	5.2172	16h 33m 40.56s	-28° 15′ 09.5″	22.6
	END	2026-04-07 07:03:38	5.3172	16h 32m 07.27s	-28° 17′ 24.3″	14.7
---	------	------------------	------	----------------	----------------	-----------
8	START	2026-04-08 02:35:38	6.1310	16h 42m 18.08s	-29° 18′ 15.5″	15.1
	MAX	2026-04-08 04:43:38	6.2199	16h 41m 16.77s	-29° 29′ 38.4″	21.4
	END	2026-04-08 06:55:38	6.3116	16h 40m 12.29s	-29° 33′ 52.2″	14.7
---	------	------------------	------	----------------	----------------	-----------
9	START	2026-04-09 03:07:38	7.1533	16h 56m 38.93s	-31° 08′ 39.9″	15.3
	MAX	2026-04-09 04:51:38	7.2255	16h 55m 57.59s	-31° 22′ 22.9″	19.5
	END	2026-04-09 06:43:38	7.3033	16h 55m 10.44s	-31° 30′ 17.1″	15.0
---	------	------------------	------	----------------	----------------	-----------
10	START	2026-04-10 04:55:38	8.2283	17h 31m 53.64s	-35° 27′ 10.0″	15.1
	MAX	2026-04-10 05:19:38	8.2449	17h 32m 07.10s	-35° 35′ 20.0″	15.3
	END	2026-04-10 05:51:38	8.2672	17h 32m 25.66s	-35° 45′ 33.8″	14.9