* Astronomy

The magnitude 13.6 asteroid (449) Hamburga will occult the magnitude 9.2 star  TYC 4672-00650-1    in the constellation Cetus, between 05:42  - 05:57 UT, 9th September, 2009.
The stars brightness should drop by 4.4 magnitude, for about 8 seconds.
The event will be visible from SE Canada, USA and  Mexico.
For those outwith those areas a live broadcast of the event is being streamed by scottys_sky.

Position(2000): RA = 00 38 19.3474  Dec = -00 57 20.046

449 Hamburga is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.
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