A 9th magnitude asteroid will whizz by Jupiter/Procyon/Beehive Cluster on January 26-27. Great photo op!!
See the video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l59RNNhVlKo
Catch a fast-moving asteroid January 26
Re: Catch a fast-moving asteroid January 26
Thanks, Steve,
I'm going to give it a try if the weather cooperates.
Bill G.
I'm going to give it a try if the weather cooperates.
Bill G.
Comets:40, Best Meteor shwr: Leonids '01, Best Aurora:Oct. '03.
Total.Sol.Eclipse,7/10/72 from Nova Scotia.Annular Sol. Eclipse '94,
Trans.of Venus 2004&2012.,ShoeLevy crash into Jupiter '94.
4/25/66 fireball-9 mag.,SN2011fe,N2012aw,DelphN2013.
Total.Sol.Eclipse,7/10/72 from Nova Scotia.Annular Sol. Eclipse '94,
Trans.of Venus 2004&2012.,ShoeLevy crash into Jupiter '94.
4/25/66 fireball-9 mag.,SN2011fe,N2012aw,DelphN2013.
Re: Catch a fast-moving asteroid January 26
I've finally got my camera drivers straightened out and am back in business after being down for 2 weeks. 357439 (2004 BL86) is a potentially hazardous 1 km sized Apollo. It'll be moving away as it rises and at 11 PM it'll be 1.4 million miles distant and screaming by with an apparent motion of 2°/hour. It'll be about 9th magnitude and readily visible with a small telescope. I think that 3-second exposures will be used here. This kind of NEO is usually on the predicted track but timing can be off by as much as 1/2 hour. So the game plan is to pick a good area in its path and run the camera as it enters/passes through/ exits the field. With my setup the total pass thru the frame will take only 8 minutes.
The 10 day forecast guesses clearing early Tuesday night with temperatures in the teens. Let's hope.
Pete
The 10 day forecast guesses clearing early Tuesday night with temperatures in the teens. Let's hope.
Pete
Pete P.