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Old 09-July-2006, 06:50 AM
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I tried to get pics, but my dob was motorless. I was hoping to catch it as a star trail, but no such luck.

Thanks for sharing your pics. That's awesome to see the faint line against the stationary stars.

Canada was a great place to watch this as it put it high in the sky. Here in the San Francisco Bay Area it was only about 30 degrees above the horizon as it passed through Cassiopia.

01101001 makes a good point. Apophis (2004 MN4), the asteroid that will make a close pass to Earth on April 13, 2029, and may slam into Earth on April 13, 2036, was nowhere near Earth that night. Too bad, or we could have bounced radar off it to refine our knowledge of its trajectory and eliminate the possibility of a 2036 crash. 2004 XP14, the asteroid you imaged, doesn't have a name.

So which one of those 3 guys is you?
** edit. I just figured out from your profile that you're John.
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