[Chaos-l] Picture of 2012 DA14

[Robert Nielsen]

Joe,

Well, I wouldn't say it was *visible* ... I tried visually observing it (albeit with a 4.2" refractor) right after sunset and never could pick it out.  But I could catch it with a DSLR on the back of the scope.

It was (and still is) in Ursa Minor ... dimming very quickly.  We're seeing it as it heads out over our  north pole.

Robert

On Feb 15, 2013, at 9:15 PM, Joseph Mack NA3T <jmack at wm7d.net> wrote:

> On Fri, 15 Feb 2013, Robert Nielsen wrote:
> 
>> Well guys, here is my picture of the asteroid.  Not too bad for a single 1m
>> 30s exposure.   All I did was stretch it a little.
> 
> I didn't know it was going to be visible from here. Where (in the sky)/when did you see it?
> 
> Joe
> 
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