DA14 Asteroid visual tracking site - LIVE links

There's 2012 DA14:
[link to i319.photobucket.com]
I took this picture just a short while ago, after the meteor hit. You can see 2012 DA14 as a small white streak right in the center of the image. It's right where it should be.
[link to nova.astrometry.net]

There's 2012 DA14:
[link to i319.photobucket.com]
I took this picture just a short while ago, after the meteor hit. You can see 2012 DA14 as a small white streak right in the center of the image. It's right where it should be.
[link to nova.astrometry.net]

Holy crap... is each white dot a star?
[link to nova.astrometry.net]

Holy crap... is each white dot a star?
[link to nova.astrometry.net]

NASA Live Streams and play-by-play analysis-

February 13, 2013

PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA Television will provide commentary starting at 11 a.m. PST (2 p.m. EST) on Friday, Feb. 15, during the close, but safe, flyby of a small near-Earth asteroid named 2012 DA14. NASA places a high priority on tracking asteroids and protecting our home planet from them. This flyby will provide a unique opportunity for researchers to study a near-Earth object up close.

The half-hour broadcast from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., will incorporate real-time animation to show the location of the asteroid in relation to Earth, along with live or near real-time views of the asteroid from observatories in Australia, weather permitting.

[link to www.jpl.nasa.gov]

Streams listed at above link (NASA-TV, USTREAM, etc.)

Also, the SLOOH space camera will be streaming live from the Canary Islands:

[link to events.slooh.com]

Right. Thank you. So, they are no 'companions'?

Thread: Meteorite crash in Russia, Explosions in Chelyabinsk HD

Correct. I just saw the asteroid minutes ago, it's by itself. I will try to webcast a view of it tonight from my own scope if the weather allows, but right now it's extremely cloudy so the still pictures I took from the scope in Australia might be all I get.

There's 2012 DA14:
[link to i319.photobucket.com]
I took this picture just a short while ago, after the meteor hit. You can see 2012 DA14 as a small white streak right in the center of the image. It's right where it should be.
[link to nova.astrometry.net]

Holy crap... is each white dot a star?
[link to nova.astrometry.net]

CNN just had one of NASA's folks on there. According to them this wont even be near the satellites. In fact it will be on the outer area, and no wheres below them?? How many times are they planning on changing their minds on this?? Where before it was going to go between us and the satellites?? Are we all missing something here? Then they were talking like they were the ones that found this asteroid. Thought that was Spain?? What they can't remember anything today??

CNN just had one of NASA's folks on there. According to them this wont even be near the satellites. In fact it will be on the outer area, and no wheres below them?? How many times are they planning on changing their minds on this?? Where before it was going to go between us and the satellites?? Are we all missing something here? Then they were talking like they were the ones that found this asteroid. Thought that was Spain?? What they can't remember anything today??

strange because since days everywhere i hear that it will be under some satellites, and if you track it you clearly can see that .. hmmm.

In 3 hours we're heading outside to take a look.
I know it cant be seen with the naked eye (without a telescope) but we're going to do a bit of sky watching to see if there is anything unusual or if there are any "falling stars" as such from smaller debris.
I mean after what we saw earlier today with Russia there has to be a couple of these. Hmmm, maybe best to stay indoors... or underground... lol.

I'm hoping for a bit of a sky show anyway. :D

It's a clear, warm night here on the west coast. 25c/77f

I have a dumb question.How does NASA know that the asteroid won't explode or break apart while passing by and its fragments not hit the earth?

spaceweather.com is still down...crap.

Exactly what I am thinking. Then we have all the news that keeps changing. They had it up there in big words on CNN a few minutes ago about how the meteorite in Russia has nothing to do with "GIANT" asteroid which is doing fly by today. What Giant asteroid. I thought this was small??

DA14 is DROPPING LIKE A ROCK !!

who's to say it won't hit ?

chit gotz real

[link to www.satflare.com]

the fly by will be at 9:30am EST Friday 2/15/13

so 6:30am PST


[link to spaceweather.com]

Exactly what I am thinking. Then we have all the news that keeps changing. They had it up there in big words on CNN a few minutes ago about how the meteorite in Russia has nothing to do with "GIANT" asteroid which is doing fly by today. What Giant asteroid. I thought this was small??