an asteroid to watch for Friday

[notFritzArgelander]

https://www.skyandtelescope.com/astrono ... SLLRRtvVtw

[dcrowson]

I didn't post these on any forums but I pointed at this one a couple of nights back. Here's a couple of videos I made tracking on the stars and on the asteroid:

Just a reminder that this NEO asteroid is going by earth tomorrow (Friday). Estimated to have a diameter of 440 – 990 meters, this one will be approximately 16.17 LD at closest approach. My reported observations from the short exposures below show it to be approximately 13.1 magnitude and I expect it to be brighter on closest approach.

Tracking on stars –

Asteroid 162082 1998 HL1
2019-10-23 - Animas NM
04:27:55 - 05:41:50 UTC
Astro-Tech AT12RCT - SBIG STF-8300M
Luminance: 785x4s binned 2x2




(The flickr link seemed to have some issues on my laptop)

Tracking on the asteroid –

Asteroid 162082 1998 HL1
2019-10-23 - Animas NM
06:26:54 - 07:29:22 UTC
Astro-Tech AT12RCT - SBIG STF-8300M
Luminance: 120x30s binned 2x2



Dan

[GCoyote]

Very nice Dan.

[notFritzArgelander]

Excellent, thanks!