[Chaos-l] Picture of 2012 DA14

[Tony Carlos]

Awesome picture !

I tried with binoculars and once in a while thought I caught the barest glimmer, probably hope and imagination.  I wonder if it was rotating because I thought there was some dim flash or brightening now and then. 

Almost setup my scope when I realized I was a) still a bit sick and probably shouldn't push it in the cold and b) had never used my equatorial mount with tracking below the level of the North Star in that area of the sky.  I easily imagined alignment / tracking nightmares and gave up on the spot.  Though I really need to try that on a less rushed night.  



On Feb 15, 2013, at 8:47 PM, Robert Nielsen <robert.l.nielsen at gmail.com> 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.
> 
> We'll see if it makes it onto the listserve ...
> 
> Robert
> <2012 DA14 Best.jpg>
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