Will we attempt to observe the 'near miss'?

Frank Ryan · Post by **Frank Ryan** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 9:30 am

So as we all know Asteroid 2012 DA14 will thankfully miss us on Feb 15.

I've run it thru Starry Night and while we will miss the approach we will see it zoom away. General direction in N in the area of the Plough.
Maybe we can look at it more closely at the Feb meeting?

For those of you that had not known about it;
http://earthsky.org/space/asteroid-2012 ... th-in-2013

Dave Lillis · Post by **Dave Lillis** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 5:37 pm

Yea, I have the visuals all ready to go at the meeting for this , also want to see this for real

Roy Stewart · Post by **Roy Stewart** » Fri Feb 15, 2013 1:57 pm

Okay Guys...

Its do or Die... the only place to see
this is East and I'm thinking of heading to
Balscadden Road Dublin, it has a big carpark
facing out over the Irish sea and a clear look North
if any1 else is interested in joining me just give me a shout
but I reckon we should be on the road for 6pm and set up by
8:45pm.

Cheers Roy

Dave Lillis · Post by **Dave Lillis** » Fri Feb 15, 2013 5:56 pm

well, Im staying in my dome tonight, hoping it might clear later on,. for now the clouds are 100% cover

Dave Lillis · Post by **Dave Lillis** » Fri Feb 15, 2013 7:43 pm

still clouded out here in limerick,
nasa are currently streaming it from an observatory in australia on nasa tv its going pretty fast !!
satellite images show a potential gap coming in from the west,

Frank Ryan · Post by **Frank Ryan** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 11:24 pm

Watched it on the Nasa page. Cloudy here all night. Any luck Roy?

Roy Stewart · Post by **Roy Stewart** » Sun Feb 17, 2013 1:08 am

Ya myself and my dad managed
to catch it.. We headed to balscadden
Rd Dublin and setuup at the carpark of
the summit bar, clouds started rolling in
around 10:20 but it was worth the trip...
All I needed was a joy stick to fine tune the controls
but I did my best..

Cheers Roy

Roy Stewart · Post by **Roy Stewart** » Sun Feb 17, 2013 1:08 am

Ya myself and my dad managed
to catch it.. We headed to balscadden
Rd Dublin and setuup at the carpark of
the summit bar, clouds started rolling in
around 10:20 but it was worth the trip...
All I needed was a joy stick to fine tune the controls
but I did my best..

Cheers Roy

Simon Kenny · Post by **Simon Kenny** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 10:12 am

Very good Roy -clouded over in Shannon.

Simon