Big Asteroid 2005 YU55 flyby watch it online!!

[lance]

I know this is a little off topic but a asteroid the size of a football field will skim by earth (200,000 miles close) in about 1 hour. This is closer than the moon is to us and doesn't happen very often. The asteroid is darker than coal and can only be seen with a 6 in. or larger aperture telescope.

You can watch it here as it flies by ( http://events.slooh.com/ ). In an hour slews telecsopes will fire up and view the asteroid. This wont happen again until 2028, so consider this a rare opportunity!

(sorry for the short notice, its moving quite fast)

 

[mato]

Thanks, Lance. This website is really cool.

 

[Dexenthes]

Thanks for the link! This will help those of us who are covered in rain right now to witness the asteroid. Hopefully!

 

[Heli]

Where is it on the web page? Will we be able to see it with the naked eye?

 

[lance]

there is telescope feed on the webpage given that tracks it as it flies by

 

[Heli]

I dont get what im watching....

 

[lance]

its just a bunch of stars for now but they are trying to track it down im guessing...

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the line accross the stars is the asteroids path as it wizzes by.

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Not really much of a sighting, but the best they could do.

 

[Dexenthes]

Yeah that was pretty anti-climatic. But at least it didn't impact!