(meteorobs) neo fly by

[Jim Wooddell]

Hi Mike!

Good Job!

Jim


Jim Wooddell
https://k7wfr.us


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Hankey" <mike.hankey at gmail.com>
To: "Meteor science and meteor observing" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 3:44 PM
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) neo fly by


>I tried observing the NEO on Tuesday night but my procedure failed.
> After reading a post on software bisque's website about how to acquire
> and track 2005 YU55 I was able to do it. I had to update to the latest
> version of the skyx and also manually install the ephemerides after
> obtaining it from the JPL Horizons website. This was a 'hack' which
> tracked the asteroid like a satellite because apparently it was too
> close to track it the normal way.
>
> The hack worked and I was able to acquire, track and photograph the
> asteroid last night. I watched it for about 2 hours before it got
> clouded out. Here are two animated gifs of it:
>
> http://www.mikesastrophotos.com/comets/asteroid-2005yu55-close-pass-with-earth/
>
> On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Mike Hankey <mike.hankey at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thanks for the responses Chris & Dan.
>>
>> I mainly wanted to know if it would be worth trying to look for / even
>> possible. Sounds like it will be. So thanks!
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 1:45 AM, Chris Peterson <clp at alumni.caltech.edu> 
>> wrote:
>>> 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
>>>
>>> *******************************
>>> Chris L Peterson
>>> Cloudbait Observatory
>>> http://www.cloudbait.com
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
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