A Halloween Asteroid (Tonight, Friday!)

[JeremyS]

Dubbed the 'Halloween Asteroid', an object designated 2015 TB145 will skirt the Earth-Moon system reaching closest approach to the Earth on October 31 around 17:00 UT when it will be 1.27 lunar-distances away. For UK observers the best views will be on the night of Friday, October 30/31 (TONIGHT!)  when it will attain 11th magnitude and be located between the Hyades and Orion, and will be visible between 21:30-05:30 UT.

More details from the BAA Asteroids and Remote Planets Section here: https://britastro.org/node/6775

Jeremy

[Herra Kuulapaa]

Pretty close to moon

[christhebrit]

Been cloudy and rainy in York the past few days...

If possible I'll get out to find it.

[laudropb]

Looks like cloud will dash my chances.

[David Smith]

Unless it can take some of this cloud with it I won't be seeing anything for a while.

[xtreemchaos]

not a chance here in south wales,101% cloud, could be clear here tommorow. thanks for the heads up. clear skys charl.

[allcart]

Zero chance down south. Completely grey sky.

[MilwaukeeLion]

Mostly cloudy here but set up if they break, otherwise watching idiots dig gold on TV.  Best shot for me is midnight to 3.

[beamer3.6m]

Been cloudy and rainy in York the past few days...

If possible I'll get out to find it.

How do you find the york light pollution?

I found it to be a permanent orange haze before I moved a few miles south.

[Anthonyw85]

Hopefully clear tonight in the South.

[Mr Spock]

Darn, it missed us...