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Asteroid 2004 BL86

February 8, 2015 By Lead Astronomer

On January 26, 2015, the Putman Mountain Observatory telescope was pointed to a near earth object (referred to as an NEO designated 2004 BL86) that passed within 750,000 miles from Earth.  This asteroid was photographed in a timed video sequence of approximately 50 separate images.  Each image in the video sequence is a five second exposure.  The telescope was tracking the background stars, and therefore, the stars appear fixed with the asteroid moving in front of the background stars.

Click on the video below to watch the asteroid video captured by the telescope:

http://www.putmanmountainobservatory.com/wp-content/uploads/Asteroid-2004-BL86-md.mp4

 

 

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