Near-Earth Object Surveillance Mission - an asteroid hunting space telescope

[gary]

A press release today (https://uanews.arizona.edu/story/uarizona-looks-toward-work-nasa-s-potential-asteroidhunting-space-telescope) by the University of Arizona reports on the proposed
NEO Surveyor spacecraft.



Full press release here :-
https://uanews.arizona.edu/story/uarizona-looks-toward-work-nasa-s-potential-asteroidhunting-space-telescope

[Dennis]

Thanks Gary, good to know we may have some warning of impending impactors.:)

I have managed to image a few close approach NEO's (up to mag 16) and used to wonder why I could record the trail of some, but found others difficult, based on their closeness and relative passing speed.

Having read the article, I now suspect the more difficult ones were less reflective, so it looks like I need to image in IR, if only I could find a high enough mountain near Brisbane.;)

Cheers

Dennis

[multiweb]

With all those ambers in the air you'll need Rick to build a rejection filter in PixInsight. :P

[Dennis]

Hah, thanks Marc, but I think I'll just look for a vacant Lagrange Point where I can park my 'scope.;)

Cheers

Dennis