Asteroid (52768) 1998 OR2

[Paul M]

I can't see this being raised elsewhere and it might be of interest to asteroid hunters:

 https://www.space.com/asteroid-1998-or2-earth-flyby-april-2020.html

Maybe not the most exciting fly-by and at closest approach it's low in the sky as darkness falls from the UK (from my brief investigations with SkySafari) but non the less, a fast moving asteroid to track in the run up.

[Wiu-Wiu]

Imaged it 2 nights ago, it is at mag 13, and that thing is FLYING. 

It was in LEO so due south and for me, just obtainable before midnight, before my house gets in the way. 

1 sub:

Animation: 60x30s C11 edge on CEM  60

 

[Paul M]

Excellent animation.

I started this thread then forgot. I was collecting photons in Leo myself on the 16th. Never thought about this up coming encounter. Still time before closest approach to get a look, probably best about now before it gets lost to twilight and low elevation.

[maw lod qan]

Yes excellent animation.

Seeing what this asteriod looks like here makes me remember a series of wide field I did for meteors.

I captured an object moving through many 10 sec images. I'll have to look for them again. I have them saved.

[drlittle007]

Has anyone looked at comet ATLAS in  STELLARIUM on  5-31-2020? I cannot find  Asteroid (52768) 1998 OR2 over there, and I am not an astonomer. But comet atlas is showing one heck of a large appearance in that software and I'm not sure how accurate that prediction is.

[CentaurZ]

 

Edited April 27, 2020 by CentaurZ

[Wiu-Wiu]

I observed it in a 12" dob yesterday, i estimated it 11.4 - 11.9.  It passed right over a star when I was observing. You could easily see the movement after 2-3 minutes.

[Littleguy80]

Now observing it with the 10” dob. It’s passing in between two widely space stars. Over the course of a few minutes the changing position is quite noticeable.