[Chaos-l] Picture of 2012 DA14

Jayme Hanzak spacenuut at gmail.com
Fri Feb 15 22:24:22 EST 2013


I'm clouded out in Cedar grove. I couldn't find it. CCD chip to small.
On Feb 15, 2013 10:21 PM, "Robert Nielsen" <robert.l.nielsen at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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