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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 ]