Near Earth Object to buzz Polaris

At 2am on the morning of November 2 the near earth asteroid 164121 will pass within a tenth of a degree of Polaris. The object will be 12th magnitude and within reach of moderate sized scopes and should be a good photographic opportunity.

astronomynow.com/2016/10/31/halloween-ne...unter-on-2-november/

The early indications are that the skies will be clear.

Paul

Thanks for the heads up Paul. Got a few frames on this NEO at 2:30am yesterday. Nice clear night.
NEO 164121 (2003 YT1) is classified as a Potentially Hazardous Object, it is 1.7-kilometre-(1.1-mile)-wide Apollo asteroid discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey on 18 December 2003. It completes an orbit every 427 days in a somewhat eccentric ellipse that carries it to within 73 million miles (118 million kilometres) of the Sun. Lets hope it doesn't come any closer.



John

Nice capture, John.

Nicely done John. I went to have a look on the night....but cloudy where I was