Observation by Nick James: OSIRIS-REx spacecraft

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2017 Sep 19 - 22:00

Uploaded

2017 Sep 20 - 06:15

Objects

Spacecraft

Equipment

C11 + FLI CCD

Exposure

1620s

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

OSIRIS-REx spacecraft

Title

OSIRIS-REx spacecraft

About this image

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is due to make an Earth gravity assist flyby on September 22 when it will pass 17,000 above Artarctica. It is currently quite faint (around mag 18-19) but is brightening rapidly. It is just visible on this pair of images taken last night when it was 0.01 au (1.5 million km) away. Predicted positions and magnitudes for the next few days are here.

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