Viewing asteroid!!

[chelwalton]

Help!!! What time will the asteroid be visible tonight in the uk? Finding it difficult to get a time slot,. Lots of pages on the net are quoting EST and not GMT. can anyone help?

[Astro Imp]

From information given in the January edition of Astronomy Now it would appear that NEO (Near Earth Object) 357439 should be visible from about 7.00pm onward but as it has a magnitude of about 9.5 will be better viewed after midnight when the moom has set. 

BTW from the chart produced it will be moving up from Hydra into Cancer and passing west of M44 between about 4.00am and 6.00am on the morning of 27th January.

HTH.

[chelwalton]

Thanks!! Think it will be too cloudy here but telescope is set up ready! I am only a beginner but will have a go!!

[happy-kat]

Is that 4-6am GMT?

Of to check my references as I won't get up for that.

Well forward running Stellarium shows that yep I wont be getting up and at that time and when it is forecast to be clear it wont be above the neightbours house yet.

[happy-kat]

Relevant read

http://stargazerslounge.com/topic/234215-asteroid-2004-bl86-is-coming/page-1

[Geordie mc]

Britastro.org has a live feed from a scope in Chelmsford I believe