Asteroid 1998 QE2, May 31st

[Starman]

Hi all,

Here's asteroid 1998-QE2's passage across part of the sky on May 31st, shortly after its closest approach. 70 frames were used here, spanning 39 minutes (30s exposure + download time). Takahashi E-130 Astrograph, Starlight XPress SXV-H9 CCD camera.

Animation is 12Mb in size.

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/asteroids/1998-QE2_Anim-crop-640.gif

Regards,

Pete

[Steve Ward]

Nicely caught sir , he was certainly shifting some . . .

[David Smith]

Excellent. Was interesting to watch through the scope last night, until the clouds arrived

[fwm891]

Great little animation there Pete.

[stonemonkeylives]

Nice little gif there.

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[davo]

Can't believe you got this! Very nicely done!