Fast moving Asteroid 2001 FO32 - Composite / New Zealand (KiwiAstro)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Capricornus (Cap) · Contains: PGC 162107 · PGC 162111 · PGC 2817203 · PGC 3094641 · PGC 64239 · PGC 800766 · PGC 801014 · PGC 802227 · PGC 806774 · PGC 807563 · PGC 808664 · PGC 808934 · PGC 809244 · PGC 809503 · PGC 815407 · PGC 819090 · PGC 820743 · PGC 821327 · PGC 822955 · PGC 823879

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Fast moving Asteroid 2001 FO32 - Composite / New Zealand

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Fast moving Asteroid 2001 FO32 - Composite / New Zealand

Up early this morning making an attempt to capture images of the Asteroid 2001 FO32 passing by Earth at its closest point at a distance of 2m Km (1.25m Miles). The asteroid is between 440 to 680m wide and travelling at a speed of 124 000 kph (77,000 mph). According to NASA, it will not be this close again until 2052.

Unsure would be able to capture with my 4 inch scope but it came out well given its speed and magnitude. This is a composite of the subs showing a still image of this key event. The 35 subs were captured in sequence; however, small gaps show on the composite still image given the high speed of this asteroid. A video was also created from the 35 x 30s subs shows the speed of travel over the 17 minutes (https://astrob.in/3gdxo0/0/).

More info from NASA at https://twitter.com/AsteroidWatch and https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/.../asteroid-2001-fo32-will...

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Astrometry.net job	4335413
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RA (center)	20h09m45s.53
RA (top/left)	20h12m40s.82
RA (top/right)	20h12m16s.00
RA (bottom/right)	20h06m52s.50
RA (bottom/left)	20h07m13s.81

Dec (center)	-22°37′20″.0
Dec (top/left)	-23°25′47″.7
Dec (top/right)	-21°44′42″.3
Dec (bottom/right)	-21°48′45″.7
Dec (bottom/left)	-23°29′48″.3

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