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Dec 29, 2014

The NEO (357439) 2004 BL86 On the Night of 2014-12-29

The NEO (357439) 2004 BL86 (Orbit type: Apollo ) (estimated to be 440–1000 meters in diameter) will safely make a Close-Approach of 3.1 Lunar Distance on 27 January 2015. This will be the closest "known" Approach by something this large (H = 18.8) until 2027, and may will briefly peak at around apparent magnitude 9. It has been schedule for Goldstone Observations(2015 Jan 27-Feb 1).
The NEO (357439) 2004 BL86 On the Night of 2014-12-29 from Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62) 3 stacks of 6 - 60 Second Luminance BIN2 Images (Sky Motion: 0.549"/min P.A.98.4;0.556"/min P.A.98.1;0.562"/min P.A.97.8) taken with iTelescope.Net 's (TEL T30 0.50-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) stack 1:2014 12 29.49558(11:53:38 UT) stack 2:2014 12 29.50487(12:07:01 UT) stack 3:2014 12 29.51289(12:18:34 UT) (C)Steven M. Tilley

Links:
Asteroid to Fly By Earth Safely on January 26 (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.; January 13, 2015)
Observations(MPC)
 Orbital Elements (JPL) (357439) 2004BL86 -- ESA Space Situational Awareness
Goldstone Radar Observations Planning
(357439) 2004BL86 Ephemerides for 25 January 2015 through 29 January(NEODyS-2)
Goldstone Asteroid Schedule Planetary Radar at Arecibo Observatory
JPL Absolute Magnitude table (H) Abstract for Run 3579(Caltech)
 Goldstone Solar System Radar by Marina Brozović,Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Wikipedia (357439) 2004 BL86

The NEO (357439) 2004 BL86 On the Night of 2014-12-29-Data


The NEO (357439) 2004 BL86 (Orbit type: Apollo ) from Siding Spring - Australia - MPC Q62 on 2014-12-29 3 stacks of 6 - 60 Second Luminance BIN2 (Sky Motion 0.549"/min P.A.98.4, 0.556"/min P.A.98.1, 0.562"/min P.A.97.8) taken with ((TEL T30 0.50-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) [iTelescope.Net ]

Dec 20, 2014

The NEO (357439) 2004 BL86 On the Night of 2014-12-20

The NEO (357439) 2004 BL86 (Orbit type: Apollo ) (estimated to be 440–1000 meters in diameter) will safely make a Close-Approach of 3.1 Lunar Distance on 27 January 2015. This will be the closest "known" Approach by something this large (H = 18.8) until 2027, and may will briefly peak at around apparent magnitude 9. It has been schedule for Goldstone Observations(2015 Jan 27-Feb 1).
The NEO (357439) 2004 BL86 On the Night of 2014-12-20 from Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62) 3 stacks of 10 - 60 Second Luminance BIN2 Images (Sky Motion 0.605"/min P.A.98.7) taken with itelescope.net's (TEL T27 0.70-m f/6.6 CDK astrograph + CCD) stack 1:2014 12 20.47669(11:26:26 UT) stack 2:2014 12 20.48956(11:44:58 UT) stack 3:2014 12 20.51334(12:19:12 UT) (C)Steven M. Tilley
Links:
Asteroid to Fly By Earth Safely on January 26 (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.; January 13, 2015)
Observations(MPC)
 Orbital Elements (JPL) (357439) 2004BL86 -- ESA Space Situational Awareness
Goldstone Radar Observations Planning
(357439) 2004BL86 Ephemerides for 25 January 2015 through 29 January(NEODyS-2)
Goldstone Asteroid Schedule Planetary Radar at Arecibo Observatory
JPL Absolute Magnitude table (H) Abstract for Run 3579(Caltech)
 Goldstone Solar System Radar by Marina Brozović,Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Wikipedia (357439) 2004 BL86

The NEO (357439) 2004 BL86 On the Night of 2014-12-20-Data


The NEO (357439) 2004 BL86 (Orbit type: Apollo ) from Siding Spring - Australia - MPC Q62 on 2014-12-20 3 stacks of 10 - 60 Second Luminance BIN2 (Sky Motion 0.605"/min P.A.98.7) taken with (TEL T27 0.70-m f/6.6 CDK astrograph + CCD) [iTelescope.Net ]

Dec 14, 2014

Confirmation Images of COMET P/2014 X1 (ELENIN)

The COMET P/2014 X1 (ELENIN) was discovered by Leonid Elenin at ISON-NM Observatory near Mayhill, NM, USA(MPC H51) on 2014-12-12. While it was on the PCCP Confirmation Page in an effort to help in the confirmation I was able to obtain 33 -- 60 Second Luminance BIN2 Images(I try to run a series of 40 however the script started late and time ran over) on Telescope 18 (iTelescope.Net), AstroCamp Observatory. Nerpio, Spain (MPC I89) and did Data reduction on 4 Images.
Confirmation Images of COMET P/2014 X1 (ELENIN) 33 -- 60 Second Luminance BIN2 Images from the night of 2014-12-12 ITelescope.Net (T18 32-m f/8.0 astrograph + CCD) MPC Code I89 (AstroCamp Observatory. Nerpio, Spain) 2014-12-12 21:13 UTC to 22:02 UTC APPROVED for Embed and Media broadcasts with full attribution TO (C)Steven M. Tilley

Other links:
MPEC 2014-X66 : COMET P/2014 X1 (ELENIN)
 Observations(MPC)
JPL Orbit Diagram
New Comet: P/2014 X1 (ELENIN) (Remanzacco Observatory - Comets & Neo Blog)

Dec 7, 2014

Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) on 2014.12.07


Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) from Siding Spring - Australia - MPC Q62 on 2014.12.07 15-60 Second Luminance BIN1 Images taken with (TEL T30 0.50-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) [iTelescope.Net ]

Oct 23, 2014

The NEO (4401) Aditi on the night of 2014-10-22

30 -- 30 Second Luminance BIN2 Images (TEL T18 0.32-m f/8.0 astrograph + CCD) MPC Code I89 (iTelescope.Net) (AstroCamp Observatory. Nerpio, Spain) 2014-10-23 02:35 to 03:11 UTC Images (c) Steven M. Tilley Other Links: Observations(MPC) JPL Orbit Diagram NEODyS-2

Oct 2, 2014

Confirmation Images of the NEO 2014 TL

The Asteroid 2014 TL, Size: 5-18 m(16-59 feet) made a close pass of around 98000 km, (less than a third of the distance to the moon) on October 1, 2014 then was discovered on October 2, 2014. While it was on the NEO Confirmation Page in an effort to help in the confirmation I ran a series of 60 -- 15 Second Luminance Images on Telescope 32 (iTelescope.Net), Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62) on the night of 2014-10-02 and created 3 stacks 20 images.
Confirmation Images of the NEO 2014 TL 3 stacks 20 -- 15 Second Luminance Images from the night of 2014-10-02 iTelescope.Net (TEL T32 0.43-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD) MPC Code Q62 Siding Spring NSW Australia) 2014-10-02 14:22 to 15:05 UTC Images (c) Steven M. Tilley Other
 Links:
MPEC 2014-T18 : 2014 TL
Observations(MPC)
JPL Orbit Diagram
NEODyS-2

Sep 20, 2014

The NEO 2014 SS1

The NEO 2014 SS1 was discovered At Pan-STARRS 1, Haleakala,Hawaii,USA on 2014-09-12. While it was on the NEO Confirmation Page in an effort to help in the confirmation I ran a series of 30 -- 30 Second Luminance Images on Telescope 17 (iTelescope.Net), Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62) on the night of 2014-09-20 and did data reduction on four images.

30 -- 30 Second Luminance Images from the night of 2014-09-20 iTelescope.Net (T17 0.43-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD) MPC Code Q62 Siding Spring NSW Australia) 2014-09-20 15:24 to 16:01 UTC Images (c) Steven M. Tilley Other
Links:
 MPEC 2014-S26 : 2014 SS1
 Observations(MPC)
JPL Orbit Diagram
NEODyS-2

Aug 17, 2014

The Asteroid 11739 Baton Rouge


The Asteroid (11739) Baton Rouge on the night of 2014-08-17 from Auberry California USA, MPC Code U69,( iTelescope.Net). A set of 20 -- 60 Second Luminance Images taken with iTelescope - T24 (0.61-m f/6.5 astrograph + CCD) from 2014-08-18 07:03 to 07:47 UTC (c) Steven M. Tilley

Other Links:
Observations(MPC)
JPL Orbit Diagram

Aug 15, 2014

NEOCP(NEO Confirmation Page) photos of 2014 PT59 on 2014-08-15

The NEO 2014 PT59 was discovered at SONEAR Observatory, Oliveira on 2014-08-13 While it was on the NEO Confirmation Page in an effort to help in the confirmation on the night of 2014-08-14 I ran a series of 27 -- 30 Second Luminance Images on Telescope 24 (iTelescope.Net), MPC CODE U69 Auberry, California. USA (C) Steven M. TIlley   
Other Links:
MPEC 2014-Q02 : 2014 PT59
Observations(MPC)
JPL Orbit Diagram
NEODyS-2

Aug 8, 2014

The NEO: 2013 WT67


2013 WT67 Orbit type: Apollo [PHA] 

Night 1 45 -- 10 Second Luminance Images from the night of 2014-08-06 iTelescope.Net (TEL T32 0.43-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD) Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62) 2014-08-06 16:11 to 16:39 UTC Images (c) Steven M. Tilley

Night 2 60 -- 10 Second Luminance Images from the night of 2014-08-08 iTelescope.Net (TEL T32 0.43-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD) Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62) 2014-08-08 13:57 to 14:39 UTC Images (c) Steven M. Tilley

 Other Links:
 NEODyS-2
JPL Orbit Diagram
Observations(MPC)

Jul 30, 2014

NEO Confirmation of 2014 OX299 on the night of 2014-07-29


NEO Confirmation of 2014 OX299 (Classification: Apollo [NEO, PHA]) from the night of 2014-07-29 ITelescope.Net (T18 0.32-m f/8.0 astrograph + CCD) MPC Code I89 (AstroCamp Observatory. Nerpio, Spain) 2014-07-30 01:28 UTC to 01:57 UTC Images (c) Steven M. Tilley

Other Links:
MPEC 2014-O72 : 2014 OX299
Observations(MPC)
NEODyS-2
JPL Orbit Diagram

Jul 17, 2014

1943 Anteros (1973 EC)



1943 Anteros (1973 EC) Orbit type:Amor [NEO]

 Night 1 19 -- 15 Second Luminance Images from the night of 2014-07-16 iTelescope.Net (TEL T24 0.61-m f/6.5 astrograph + CCD) MPC Code U69 (Auberry, California, USA) 2014-07-17 05:06 to 05:23 UTC Images (c) Steven M. Tilley 1943 Anteros (1973 EC) Orbit type:Amor [NEO]

Night 2 30 -- 15 Second Luminance Images from the night of 2014-07-17 iTelescope.Net (TEL T24 0.61-m f/6.5 astrograph + CCD) MPC Code U69 (Auberry, California, USA) 2014-07-18 05:26 to 05:54 UTC Images (c) Steven M. Tilley

Other Links:
NEODyS-2
JPL Orbit Diagram
Observations(MPC)
Near-Earth Object Human Space Flight Accessible Targets Study (NHATS)
MPEC 2014-O11 : DAILY ORBIT UPDATE (2014 JULY 19 UT)

Jul 3, 2014

Comet C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) on the night of 2014-07-03



Comet C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring), 42 X 15 seconds Luminance- bin x 1, takan on the night of 2014-07-03(18:18 to 18:57 UTC) from itelescope.net (TEL T27 0.70-m f/6.6 CDK astrograph + CCD) Siding Spring Australia (MPC Code Q62) By Steven M. Tilley

Jun 28, 2014

Comet C/2013 UQ4 (Catalina) on the night of 2014-06-27

Comet C/2013 UQ4 (Catalina) on the night of 2014-06-27

PART 1: 14 -- 15 Second Luminance Images from the night of 2014-06-27 ITelescope.Net (T18 0.32-m f/8.0 astrograph + CCD) MPC Code I89 (AstroCamp Observatory. Nerpio, Spain) 2014-06-28 02:58 UTC to 03:13 UTC Images (c) Steven M. Tilley

PART 2: 30 -- 15 Second Luminance Images from the night of 2014-06-27 ITelescope.Net (T18 0.32-m f/8.0 astrograph + CCD) MPC Code I89 (AstroCamp Observatory. Nerpio, Spain) 2014-06-28 03:19 UTC to 03:50 UTC Images (c) Steven M. Tilley

Other Links:
Observations(MPC)
MPEC 2014-M70 : COMET C/2013 UQ4 (Catalina)
JPL Orbit Diagram
Goldstone Radar Observations Planning
Asteroid-Turned-Comet 2013 UQ4 Catalina Brightens: How to See it This Summer: Read more
C/2013 UQ4 (Catalina) at perihelion
Seiichi Yoshida's page on C/2013 UQ4 ( Catalina )
British Astronomical Association-- Comet C/2013 UQ4 (Catalina)

Jun 14, 2014

COMET C/2012K1(PANSTARRS) on the night of 2014-06-14

COMET C/2012K1(PANSTARRS) on the night of 2014-06-14 27 -- 30 Second Luminance Images from the night of 2014-06-14 ITelescope.Net (TEL T21 0.43-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) MPC Code H06 (Mayhill, New Mexico, USA) 2014-06-15 04:21 UTC to 04:52 UTC Images (c) Steven M. Tilley

Jun 9, 2014

COMET C/2012K1(PANSTARRS) on the night of 2014-06-08

30 -- 60 Second Luminance Images from the night of 2014-06-08 ITelescope.Net (TEL T21 0.43-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) (Mayhill, New Mexico, USA ) 2014-06-09 04:45 UTC to 05:34 UTC Images (c) Steven M. Tilley

May 23, 2014

The Asteroid 2014 KP4


The Asteroid 2014 KP4 was discovered at SONEAR Observatory, Oliveira on 2014-05-20. While it was on the NEO Confirmation Page in an effort to help in the confirmation I ran series 30 -- 60 Second Luminance Images on Telescope 9 (iTelescope.Net), Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62) and did data reduction on four images.

NEO Confirmation Images 30 -- 60 Second Luminance Images from the night of 2014-05-20 iTelescope.Net Telescope 9 Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. MPC Q62 2014-05-20 15:31 to 16:18 UTC Images By Steven M. Tilley

Other Links:
MPEC 2014-K35 : 2014 KP4
Observations(MPC)
JPL Orbit Diagram
NEODyS-2
Remanzacco Observatory - Comets & Neo: PHA Asteroid 2014 KP4

May 15, 2014

COMET C/2012K1(PANSTARRS) on the night of 2014-05-15

COMET C/2012K1(PANSTARRS) on the night of 2014-05-15 30 -- 30 Second Luminance Images from the night of 2014-05-15 ITelescope.Net (T11 0.50-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) MPC Code H06 (Mayhill, New Mexico, USA ) 2014-05-16 04:20 UTC to 05:05 UTC By Steven M. Tilley

May 12, 2014

Asteroid 2011 JR13

Asteroid 2011 JR13 (Orbit type:Apollo [PHA])

 Part 1: 17 -- 60 Second Luminance Images from the night of 2014-05-10 iTelescope.Net (T11 0.50-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) MPC Code H06 (Mayhill, New Mexico, USA) 2014-05-11 09:36 to 10:11 UTC Images By Steven M. Tilley

 Part 2: 5 -- 20 Second R Mag Images from the night of 2014-05-11 SLOOH.com (T2 0.35 meter f/11 Schmidt-Cassegrain) MPC Code G40 (Mt. Teide, Canary Islands, Spain) 1: 2014-05-12 04:12:31 UTC; 2: 2014-05-12 04:22:14 UTC; 3: 2014-05-12 04:43:03 UTC; 4: 2014-05-12 04:57:14 UTC; 5: 2014-05-12 05:13:01 UTC SLOOH Images Scheduled By Steven M. Tilley

Part 3:8 -- 60 Second Luminance Images from the night of 2014-05-12 iTelescope.Net (TEL T30 0.50-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) MPC Code Q62 (Siding Spring - Australia) 2014-05-12 13:22 to 13:38 UTC Images By Steven M. Tilley

Other Links:

Apr 26, 2014

The Asteroid (387733) 2003 GS on the night of 2014-04-25


The Asteroid (387733) 2003 GS, 12 -- 60 Second Luminance Images from the night of 2014-04-25 iTelescope.Net (T16 0.15-m f/7.3 refractor + CCD) MPC Code I89 (AstroCamp Observatory. Nerpio, Spain) 2014-04-26 02:36 to 03:01 UTC Images By Steven M. Tilley

Apr 21, 2014

The Asteroid (387733) 2003 GS on the night of 2014-04-20


The Asteroid (387733) 2003 GS, 30 -- 30 Second Luminance Images from the night of 2014-04-20 iTelescope.Net (T21 0.43-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) MPC Code H06 (Mayhill, New Mexico, USA) 2014-04-21 02:42 to 03:20 UTC Images By Steven M. Tilley

Apr 18, 2014

COMET C/2014 E2 (JACQUES) on the night of 2014-04-17


COMET C/2014 E2 (JACQUES) 14 -- 30 Second Luminance Images from the night of 2014-04-17 ITelescope.Net (T21 0.43-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) MPC Code H06 (Mayhill, New Mexico, USA )2014-04-18 02:27 UTC to 02:56 UTC By Steven M. Tilley

Apr 17, 2014

COMET C/2012K1(PANSTARRS) on the night of 2014-04-17


COMET C/2012K1(PANSTARRS) on the night of 2014-04-17

PART 1: 15 -- 60 Second Luminance Images from the night of 2014-04-17 ITelescope.Net (T16 0.15-m f/7.3 refractor + CCD)MPC Code I89 (AstroCamp Observatory. Nerpio, Spain) 2014-04-18 03:07 UTC to 03:39 UTC By Steven M. Tilley

PART 2: 17 -- 30 Second Luminance Imagesfrom the night of 2014-04-17 ITelescope.Net (T21 0.43-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) MPC Code H06 (Mayhill, New Mexico, USA ) 2014-04-18 03:22 UTC to 03:58 UTC By Steven M. Tilley

Apr 15, 2014

The Asteroid (387733) 2003 GS during the total lunar eclipse of 2014-04-15.


The Asteroid (387733) 2003 GS during the total lunar eclipse of 2014-04-15. The idea was to take advantage of the total lunar eclipse get useful images of a "desirable" NEO. The moon position was within 25 degrees from the imaging target ((387733) 2003 GS).... if this was a "normal" full moon It would have mostly likely been too "close" to get "good" Images.

The Asteroid (387733) 2003 GS Classification: Aten [NEO] 60 -- 30 Second Luminance Images from the night of 2014-04-14 iTelescope.Net (T21 0.43-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) MPC Code H06 (Mayhill, New Mexico, USA)2014-04-15 07:28 to 08:33 UTC Images By Steven M. Tilley

Apr 14, 2014

The Comet C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy) on the night of 2014-04-13


The Comet C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy) 45 -- 30 Second Luminance Images from the night of 2014-04-13 iTelescope.Net (T9 0.32-m f/9.3 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD + Focal Reducer) MPC Code Q62 (Siding Spring - Australia)2014-04-13 15:46 to 16:33 UTC Images By Steven M. Tilley

Apr 5, 2014

The Asteroid (387733) 2003 GS on the night of 2014-04-05


The Asteroid (387733) 2003 GS Classification: Aten [NEO] 14 -- 30 Second Luminance Images from the night of 2014-04-05 iTelescope.Net (T21 0.43-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) MPC Code H06 (Mayhill, New Mexico, USA) 2014-04-06 05:08 to 05:28 UTC Images By Steven M. Tilley

Other links:
 Orbital Elements (JPL)
NHATS Object/Trajectory Details
Observations(MPC)
NEODyS

Apr 3, 2014

COMET C2014 E2 (JACQUES) on the night of 2014-04-03


COMET C/2014 E2 (JACQUES) on the night of 2014-04-03, 30 -- 30 Second Luminance Images From ITelescope Net Telescope T21 (0.43-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) MPC Code H06 (Mayhill, New Mexico, USA) 2014-04-04 02:59 UTC to 03:36 UTC By Steven M. Tilley

The Moon on the Night of 2014-04-02

The Moon
Canon E0S 40D
400 mm F/8
1/250 Sec
Baton Rouge. La
2014-04-02
By Steven M. Tilley
The Moon
Canon E0S 20D
400 mm F/8
1/320 Sec
Baton Rouge. La
2014-04-02
By Steven M. Tilley

Mar 31, 2014

The Asteroid (387733) 2003 GS on the night of 2014-03-31


The Asteroid (387733) 2003 GS Classification: Aten [NEO]  30 -- 30 Second Luminance Images
from the night of 2014-03-31 iTelescope.Net (T9 0.32-m f/9.3 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD + Focal Reducer)
MPC Code Q62. (Siding Spring - Australia) 2014-03-31 17:41 to 18:12 UTC Images By Steven M. Tilley

Mar 16, 2014

The Asteroid (433) Eros


The Asteroid (433) Eros Classification: Amor [NEO] 50 -- 15 Second Luminance Images from the night of 2014-03-16 iTelescope.Net (T8 0.32-m f/9.0 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD + f/6.1 focal reducer) MPC Code Q62 (Siding Spring - Australia) 2014-03-16 16:15 to 17:02 UTC Images By Steven M. Tilley

Mar 14, 2014

COMET C/2014 E2 (JACQUES)


COMET C/2014 E2 (JACQUES) 20 -- 30 Second Luminance From ITelescope Net Telescope T30 (0.50-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) 13-Mar-2014 16:48:21 UTC to 17:22:55 UTC By Steven M. Tilley

Mar 9, 2014

Asteroid (35107) 1991 VH


Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (35107) 1991 VH magnitude 16.4 on the night of 2014-03-08 iTelescope.Net T18 0.32-m f/8.0 astrograph + CCD MPC Code I89 Image By Steven M. Tilley