My attempt at 2005 YU55

[Terry B]

Dear All
I was able to take some pretty ordinary images of this asteroid last night (9/11/11) through passing cloud.
I have made an animation of about 21 frames and it can be seen here
http://youtu.be/PZUFI181y88
I am not very skilled at making these films but you get the idea. Each exposure was 20 sec long through a V filter.
The asteroid moved about 20arcsec in each frame.

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Hey that was cool Terry!

Thanks for showing us.
That's the best one i've seen yet.

But how did you get it. I was under the impression that it passed us in daylight hours

[Terry B]

Originally Posted by ballaratdragons

Hey that was cool Terry!

Thanks for showing us.
That's the best one i've seen yet.

But how did you get it. I was under the impression that it passed us in daylight hours

I took the images last night. It was pretty close to the moon but not the sun. It had it's closest approach to earth the evening before late in the afternoon.

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Originally Posted by Terry B

I took the images last night. It was pretty close to the moon but not the sun. It had it's closest approach to earth the evening before late in the afternoon.

Wow, nicely done

[Merlin66 (Ken)]

Excellent capture there!!
Well done!