The Closest Approach of Asteroid 2002 NY40
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Near Earth Asteroid 2002 NY40 passed just outside of the Moon's orbit in the morning ours of August 18, 2002. The above movie shows its movement among stars of Hercules from 6:13:16 UT (start of the first frame) to 6:53:31 UT (the end of the last frame). 81 frames (15 sec. exposures with 15 sec. gaps in between them) were acquired with Cookbook 245 CCD camera (used in full resolution, 15-bit mode) through Celestron Ultima 8 SCT (at f3.0) and IR-blocking filter.
The above frame is 32 arcmin. wide. North is up. Frame rate 1 / 50msec. (600x).
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