Observation by Nick James: Asteroid 152637 close approach

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2026 Jun 26 - 22:15

Uploaded

2026 Jun 27 - 07:29

Equipment

ASI6200MM + Celestron HD11

Exposure

10s

Location

Chelmsford

Target name

152637 (1997 NC1)

Title

Asteroid 152637 close approach

About this image

This large asteroid makes a relatively close approach to the Earth on June 27. I've not been able to observe on the last few nights but managed to get around 30 mins of clearish skies on Friday before thunderstorms arrived. The outdoor temperature at the time I took these images was a ridiculous 26C. Field of view is 45 x 30 arcmin, N up. The unfiltered magnitude of the object was 10.2.

Files associated with this observation

152637_20260626_2215_ndj.gif (914.1 kB)

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James Weightman, Alex Pratt, Andy Wilson

Comments

Alex Pratt, 2026 Jun 27 - 11:13 UTC

Nick,

Here in the Shire I was doing my video astrometry at local midnight in a relatively cool 20 C.

Alex.

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