Near Earth Asteroid 2007 TU24

[bigsouth23]

I think those are satellites... I see those above my house almost every night... Unless I'm seeing a lot of asteroids...

[eMinity]

thx for the upload. really wanted to c dis asteroid. but jus couldnt c it. =( anyway... thx alot

[pufixas]

not c but see, you dumb ass, ;D

[barrowsdkmon]

when i heard about this asteroid before it hit even though i knew it wasnt i was all parinoid lol

[bigbob210000]

Cool!

[andres0491]

woot first comment!! that was kinda dissapointing cause i expected to see someting bigger... but still its cool.... :) !!!

[photonman1964]

That's the best I can do with 80 mm of aperture at f/6.

[photonman1964]

I reduced the frame rate to 15 fps, sequence of 3 repeating, and then the last sequence is at 30 fps.

Adam

[jlubetech]

i find it odd that the asteroid was "visible" do to the fact others cant be seen unless they block out a star light. i could be wrong. whats your take on the deadly comet headed for earth this year in october? thanks great vid 5 stars

[photonman1964]

Hi:

I think you are confusing the term "asteroid occultation" with what I have captured with a webcam. Occultations occur when a moving object blocks the light coming from a more distant object, such as a star. The magnitude of TU24 was easily detected by my cooled CCD chip. I can detect asteroids to around mag +17. The comet you are asking about was predicted to impact Earth in 2006 and now in 2009.I am not sure this is a viable threat.

[jlubetech]

yea i was confused lol thanks for the info

[photonman1964]

You are welcome, and thanks for taking an interest in the video.

Adam