Tonight... Eros

For clear skies. I was gonna take a wack at it tonight but I think we'll be mostly cloudy.

Thank y00u ASTRO ..



Last Edited by Rain-Man on 01/31/2012 12:46 PM

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Yo astro, why did you change your name/profile?

get banned on the other one or something?

That oughtta be COOL! Thanks Astromut!

No, it's a reference to the "nibiru insider." Apparently, "astromoner" is the correct pronunciation of "astronomer." Thus, astromut is the correct pronunciation of astronut. ;)

hahaha

good luck

oh look

from 7th january

Thread: Asteroid Eros 433, your long awaited doom ?

Yeah, will you post a link in this thread?

I'll post a link in this thread to a new thread i'll make specifically for the broadcast which will have a link to the broadcast.

Hey I'm bitting my nails here LOL

ing it up for that link !!!

So Astromut when and where will it hit?

I have a feeling it has my name on it, between the eyes...

Last Edited by Quasar on 01/31/2012 09:34 PM

Hey astromut, I dont want to derail your thread but I wanted to ask you a question.

The moon currently has two stars or planets that are atleast in my perspective aligned almost perfectly with it. And interestingly enough Orion is on the other side making it almost seems like a different "arrow" of his.

What are these stars or bodies. SOrry I cant be more specific I have almost no directional know when it comes to the stars.

I've heard its got like $3 trillion in gold in it.
If it lands on my house can I keep it?

Here's the link:
Thread: Come see live video of near earth asteroid Eros!
Broadcasting on a portable configuration tonight using my cell phone, so my ability to answer questions during the broadcast will be limited. Broadcast time will also be limited to about 30-45 minutes until my batteries die.

Just curious. As a guy who watches the night sky more than most. Have you ever seen anything significantly "alien" or "supernatural"?

Heads up; laptop battery is dying, stream will go down shortly.

Haven't seen any green men, but I do believe I saw a ghost in the haunted house I grew up in.

Is that a GLP Moran without a brian thang, or is it real?

Or is it Real Cool Code of Real Cool Insiders, the Uncles of Your Uncles?

Astro....

What software are you using to track asteroids with your scope? Been wanting to try my hand at that and photographing satelites (i.e. ISS) with my CPC1100.

Thank God for my kid hounding me to do all this stuff. Keeps me interested and keeps him away from video games!

And that's all she wrote. I'll be back in a little while to answer your questions.

For tonight I just grabbed the ephemeris for the position of Eros from JPL HORIZONS ( [link to ssd.jpl.nasa.gov] ) and pointed the scope that direction knowing that the asteroid wouldn't move fast enough to put it out of the field of view in the duration of time that my battery power would last. For faster asteroids like 2005 YU55 I just point at an initial position from the ephemeris, then track by hand.

If I'm feeling lazy I'll use Cartes du Ciel ( [link to www.ap-i.net] ) to command the telescope to slew to the asteroid repetitively over time, but the catch is that Cartes does not account for the gravity of earth and the other planets on the asteroid (at least the old version I have doesn't), so it's not useful for near earth asteroids like Eros.

For tracking ISS and other satellites I use Brent Boshart's Satellite Tracker program:
[link to tech.groups.yahoo.com]

It's an "Arizona" thing (that's apparently his name, or at least what he calls himself). I think he was exposed to too much Nic Cage very early in his life and now he has a "Knowing" complex.
[link to www.godlikeproductions.com]

Last Edited by Astromut on 02/01/2012 01:03 AM

Here's the video from tonight:
[link to www.twitch.tv]