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[Chris Peterson]

Well, that would certainly make it a challenging visual object. But it's 
a trivial imaging target at magnitude 11, even close to the Moon. Even a 
small refractor and a DSLR would capture it in just a few seconds of 
exposure.

Certainly, there is a level of skill required to collect good 
astrometric or photometric data, but not a lot just to capture an image.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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On 11/1/2011 6:29 PM, dfischer at astro.uni-bonn.de wrote:
>> I didn't look at the elements).
>
> Which you should have done before posting: In spite of its size and
> closeness 2005 YU55 with its very low albedo will never get brighter than
> 11th magnitude - and will be only 10 degrees from the full moon when
> closest! This is only one for experienced astrophotographers (who have
> actually been asked to deliver astrometry and photometry) - and the radar
> folks, of course.
>
> Dan