VIDEO: Missed the Asteroid 2004 BL86 flyby? See it here!

(Video: Copyright 2015, Jason Ayres Gift Enevoldsen)
Couldn’t find Asteroid 2004 BL86 last night, even with the info in Alice Enevoldsen‘s special edition of “Skies Over West Seattle? No worries. We have video to share, courtesy of Jason Ayres Gift Enevoldsen, via backyard scope: “I took one 6s-long image once a minute for 103 minutes to capture it moving across the Beehive Cluster (M44) in the SE portion of the sky. It appears at the bottom middle of the frame and moves up and left.” You might have to watch a time or two to spot it. Note that it is NOT going to look to you like a Hollywood asteroid – it’s a spot on the screen like all the other spots. We found it cool just the same. (If you prefer Vimeo, watch it there.)

3 Replies to "VIDEO: Missed the Asteroid 2004 BL<sub>86</sub> flyby? See it here!"

  • slc January 27, 2015 (9:57 am)

    That is very cool! Thanks for sharing.

  • AceMotel January 27, 2015 (11:59 am)

    Dark-sky compliant lighting should be required in Seattle, being the “progressive” city it is. It’s a shame that most of us are never going to see a real dark sky in our lifetimes.

  • David January 27, 2015 (3:42 pm)

    Awesome! What a treat for those of us who don’t have a telescope…..sigh. Thanks for sharing!

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