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Big Asteroid 2004 BL86 Buzzes Earth on January 26: How to See it in Your Telescope
http://www.universetoday.com/118187/big-asteroid-2004-bl86-buzzes-earth-on-january-26-how-to-see-it-in-your-telescope/#more-118187 ^
Posted on 01/15/2015 3:32:05 PM PST by BenLurkin
2004 BL86 checks in at 2,230 feet (680-m) wide or nearly half a mile. Add up its significant size and relatively close approach 745,000 miles (1.2 million km) and something wonderful happens. This newsy space rock is expected to reach magnitude +9.0, bright enough to see in a 3-inch telescope or even large binoculars.
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posted on
01/15/2015 3:32:05 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
01/15/2015 3:50:11 PM PST
by
Rich21IE
To: BenLurkin
I remember when the Hale Bopp comet came into view. I wanted to see it as I had tried to watch Haley’s Comet but was disappointed that it was so weak.
I drove over to my parents because they lived in a rural area with no lights around. I set up my spotting scope, which was only a 22X but was very clear. It had ED glass elements and was a top of the line model.
Just before twilight I got a pretty good view of it. I went inside and mentioned to my parents that I could see a comet and wondered if they would also like to see it.
To my surprise they both did. I guess they were in their 80s and knew it would be the only time in their life that they would be able to see one.
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posted on
01/15/2015 4:03:39 PM PST
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I What am persuaded.)
To: yarddog
Good for them! That is a wonderful memory to have of parents.
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posted on
01/15/2015 4:06:43 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Hoping for clear skies. Should be a good object for time-lapse photography.
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posted on
01/15/2015 5:05:26 PM PST
by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
01/15/2015 5:54:16 PM PST
by
mikrofon
(Astro BUMP)
To: yarddog
Back when Halley's Comet came around in the 1980s, there was a Family Circus cartoon where the dad is showing the kids the comet with a telescope, and one of them asks him, "Is that all a comet does?"
To: Verginius Rufus
I am trying to remember Halley’s comet. I was living in Western Kansas at the time. I remember that I bought an inexpensive telescope just to watch it but don’t think I ever even saw it.
Whatever, I do remember being disappointed.
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posted on
01/15/2015 6:44:36 PM PST
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I What am persuaded.)
To: yarddog
I felt screwed by Halley's Comet in 1986 but I did see Hyakutake in 1996 with my Dad in 1996 and Hale-Bopp in 1997 with my mother. Hale-Bopp was so bright in the Northwest sky it even amazed my mother. I lost Mom in 2013 so this is one memory I have with her. Last year, I saw a comet as I took out the trash.
Let me add that on December 31, 2014 at 7:13 PM EST, I was walking out of the mall I work just west of Pittsburgh and while walking to the car, I looked up to see a meteor break up, it was a bright yellow/orange.
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posted on
01/15/2015 8:33:44 PM PST
by
Nowhere Man
(Mom I miss you! (8-20-1938 to 11-18-2013) Cancer sucks)
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