Observation by Nick James: Asteroid 2024 MK

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2024 Jun 29 - 22:37

Uploaded

2024 Jun 29 - 22:38

Equipment

ASI6200MM + Celestron HD11

Exposure

10s

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

2024 MK

Title

Asteroid 2024 MK

About this image

This big NEO, which is possibly 200m across, is mentioned in the forum posts here. At the time these images were taken it was about 400,000 km away outbound. A longer sequence taken at 23:08 is here. It was around mag 11 tonight and will be around mag 14 tomorrow.

Files associated with this observation

2024mk2_20240629_2220_ndj.gif (8.5 MB)

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