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Videos showing pass of asteroid 2012 DA14 - taken on Feb 15, 2013

nobody@flickr.com (astrofil) — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 07:44:50 -0700

astrofil posted a new topic:

The pass of asteroid 2012 DA14 - photo

I had a fine night in the mountains (southern Alps) for watching 2012 DA14 asteroid. The show met the expectations. I observed easily the quickly moving asteroid using binoculars and took a series of 175 photos of it over a span of slightly less than 3 hours. I chose to take pictures of 15 to 30 seconds duration.

The pass of asteroid 2012 DA14 - videos

Here is an animation of a few pictures taken early on the night :

and here is another I realized using pictures I got later in the night.
(video taken from my other own account)

Alain

NEW! - Photos from NASA's Feb. 14 Flyby of Comet Tempel 1

nobody@flickr.com (NASAJPL) — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 10:09:25 -0800

NASAJPL posted a new topic:

On Feb. 14, NASA's Stardust-NExT mission successfully flew by comet Tempel 1 -- marking NASA's sixth flyby of a comet -- and captured stunning up-close photos.

See the latest photos added by NASAJPL in the Comets & Asteroids Group photostream or visit www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-056 to see more images from the flyby.

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Reply to Asteroid (234750) Amymainzer

nobody@flickr.com (cbellh47) — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 14:16:01 -0800

cbellh47 posted a reply:

Asteroid (234750) Amymainzer. has not been observed up close from a space craft. In astronomy images from earth based telescopes it would appear as a point source just like all the other asteroids. It would have sky motion.

Reply to So what's the deal with comet Elenin

nobody@flickr.com (cbellh47) — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 14:13:31 -0800

cbellh47 posted a reply:

Comet C/2010 X1 (Elenin)
reaches perihelion 2011 Sept. 10

So what's the deal with comet Elenin

nobody@flickr.com (wilde_space) — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 05:18:28 -0800

wilde_space posted a new topic:

People say it's really a planet, and that it's affecting the earth.

Reply to Asteroid (234750) Amymainzer

nobody@flickr.com (wilde_space) — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 01:44:09 -0800

wilde_space posted a reply:

But I meant the picture of Asteroid (234750) Amymainzer.

Reply to Sky Maps

nobody@flickr.com (Francesco Littmann - 42) — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 16:03:20 -0700

Francesco Littmann - 42 posted a reply:

Thank you very much!!!
It's really hard to have dark sky where I live, we have an heavy light pollution, but I'll try!!! :)

Reply to Sky Maps

nobody@flickr.com (NASAJPL) — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 09:33:13 -0700

NASAJPL posted a reply:

Here's where you can find a current sky-map showing the location of comet Hartley 2: media.skyandtelescope.com/documents/Hartley2-Oct30-Nov15.pdf

The comet is visible with a telescope or binoculars in the pre-dawn hours -- if you have dark sky conditions.

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Reply to Asteroid (234750) Amymainzer

nobody@flickr.com (NASAJPL) — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 09:26:09 -0700

NASAJPL posted a reply:

The first up-close images of comet Hartley 2, taken during this morning's EPOXI mission flyby have been added to the group. Enjoy!

Reply to EPOXI to Encounter Comet Hartley 2 - Thursday, Nov. 4

nobody@flickr.com (NASAJPL) — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 09:24:33 -0700

NASAJPL posted a reply:

New images from EPOXI's successful flyby of comet Hartley 2 have been added to the group! Learn more about the flyby, here: "NASA Mission Successfully Flies by Comet Hartley 2"