Vacuum asymptotically flat Robinson-Trautman spacetimes are a well known class of spacetimes exhibiting outgoing gravitational radiation. In this paper we describe a method of locating the past apparent horizon in these spacetimes and discuss the properties of the horizon. We show that the past apparent horizon is non-timelike and that its surface area is a decreasing function of the retarded time. A numerical simulation of the apparent horizon is also discussed.
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