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01/27/2008 11:04:58 AM · #1 |
Near Miss Asteroid
"Asteroid 2007 TU24 was discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey on October 11, 2007 and will approach the Earth to within 1.4 lunar distances. During its closest approach, it will reach an approximate apparent magnitude 10.3 on Jan. 29-30 before quickly becoming fainter as it moves further from Earth. So, for a brief time the asteroid will be observable in dark and clear skies with amateur telescopes of 3 inch apertures or larger." |
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01/27/2008 11:15:05 AM · #2 |
thats awesome, to bad it seems as if there will be a fair amount of weather around here for the next few days.
I have actually been wondering these last few days. What does it take to hook a camera into a telescope? I have seen where you can mount the body on the side to have the camera pointing in the same direction, but is there, and if so, what does it take to take a picture through the telescope? |
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01/27/2008 11:52:49 AM · #3 |
| I've been debating attempting to capture this thing photographically. I think It would show up faintly as a trail among the fixed stars in even a short exposure due to its very fast apparent motion. Here's a better article from Sky and Telescope magazine. |
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01/27/2008 01:40:18 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by strangeghost:
I've been debating attempting to capture this thing photographically. I think It would show up faintly as a trail among the fixed stars in even a short exposure due to its very fast apparent motion. Here's a better article from Sky and Telescope magazine. |
Thanks for the site John, I copied the sky map and might myself try to see the little thing. I think it might be tough though and the weather has a way of typically being bad at the best viewing times. :) |
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01/27/2008 01:44:20 PM · #5 |
| yeah that is freakin close! imagine what could have happend... |
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01/27/2008 01:52:51 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by jmritz:
Thanks for the site John, I copied the sky map and might myself try to see the little thing. I think it might be tough though and the weather has a way of typically being bad at the best viewing times. :) |
My best opp will be just after midnight on the night of the 29th - 30th. Ideally, I'd go to my observatory site where I have a permanently mounted big scope to do the driving for me, but given that I have to work the next day, I'd be much more likely to stay home and set up my scope. I'll probably use my 70-200 near the wide end (f4) and try to center the path and do a series of 2 minute exposures. The weather and the lateness of the hour are the determining factors for me. I'm not good with staying up late for astronomy when I have to work the next day. I can't just come in and go to bed, I have to sit down at the frickin' computer and look at my results. ;-) |
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01/27/2008 06:50:16 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by strangeghost:
Originally posted by jmritz:
Thanks for the site John, I copied the sky map and might myself try to see the little thing. I think it might be tough though and the weather has a way of typically being bad at the best viewing times. :) |
My best opp will be just after midnight on the night of the 29th - 30th. Ideally, I'd go to my observatory site where I have a permanently mounted big scope to do the driving for me, but given that I have to work the next day, I'd be much more likely to stay home and set up my scope. I'll probably use my 70-200 near the wide end (f4) and try to center the path and do a series of 2 minute exposures. The weather and the lateness of the hour are the determining factors for me. I'm not good with staying up late for astronomy when I have to work the next day. I can't just come in and go to bed, I have to sit down at the frickin' computer and look at my results. ;-) |
I have to agree, late nights are killers for me to. I have to drive 50 miles to work and being tired and driving don't mix. Hope you get lucky! |
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01/30/2008 09:53:31 AM · #8 |
Well the weather didn't cooperate here (blizzard conditions, below zero temps and lethal wind chills) but I'm glad to see somebody photographed the celestial booger, TU24:
Arecibo's radar image
I think those guys need a Canon EOS series for their radar gun. |
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01/30/2008 10:05:59 AM · #9 |
That looks like a screen shot from the Atari Video Game. Waiting for a mother ship to fly through.
Originally posted by strangeghost:
Well the weather didn't cooperate here (blizzard conditions, below zero temps and lethal wind chills) but I'm glad to see somebody photographed the celestial booger, TU24:
Arecibo's radar image
I think those guys need a Canon EOS series for their radar gun. |
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01/30/2008 10:09:48 AM · #10 |
Originally posted by Mephisto:
yeah that is freakin close! imagine what could have happend... |
In short, it would have sucked! Probably would have been some cool photos of it blasting through the atmosphere though.
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01/30/2008 10:21:06 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Originally posted by Mephisto:
yeah that is freakin close! imagine what could have happend... |
In short, it would have sucked! Probably would have been some cool photos of it blasting through the atmosphere though. |
well, that would've been your last shots anyways.who can imagine a better death? LOL |
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01/30/2008 10:34:36 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by Mephisto:
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Originally posted by Mephisto:
yeah that is freakin close! imagine what could have happend... |
In short, it would have sucked! Probably would have been some cool photos of it blasting through the atmosphere though. |
well, that would've been your last shots anyways.who can imagine a better death? LOL |
I would just hope to have enough time to edit it and upload to DPC. :-D
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01/30/2008 10:38:54 AM · #13 |
Oh, we wouldn't all die at once. Point of impact would be devastated, but the rest of us would slowly die of starvation.
So, basically if it hit Iceland, we'd stand some decent chances at ribbons, before our extinction.
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01/30/2008 11:06:44 AM · #14 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Oh, we wouldn't all die at once. Point of impact would be devastated, but the rest of us would slowly die of starvation.
So, basically if it hit Iceland, we'd stand some decent chances at ribbons, before our extinction. |
That would be SO suhweet! :-D
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01/30/2008 11:17:05 AM · #15 |
//antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
scary... but the photo would get a big fat DQ, i'm afraid... |
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01/30/2008 11:59:47 AM · #16 |
| Uh, if it was a "near miss," wouldn't that mean it was a hit??? (Thank you, George Carlin, for making me think like this...) |
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01/30/2008 12:45:18 PM · #17 |
| No, I gues she wasn't crowned Miss Asteroid. |
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