Skip to content

Nick's Website

Notes & Observations from Nick Quinn, G0BAF

  • Auroral Storm of 2023 February 26 – 28
  • 2023 CX1
  • Greening Steyning Nature Map

Month: November 2017

Near-Earth Object 1999 VU

Stacked image (5 x 4 minute integration) of near-Earth object 1999 VU imaged with Celestron C11. Magnitude 16.7. This is an Apollo-type body, about 2.885 km in diameter. See http://minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=17182

(17182) 1999 VU
Near-Earth Object (17182) 1999 VU

It doesn’t appear to pose any threat to the Earth: http://newton.dm.unipi.it/neodys/index.php?pc=1.1.8&n=1999VU

Author NickPosted on 28th November 20174th May 2022Categories astronomy

Recent Posts

  • Auroral Storm of 2023 February 26 – 28
  • 2023 CX1
  • Starling Murmaration
  • Eta Carina: Telescope Live
  • Steyning Museum

Recent Comments

  • Nick on 2023 CX1
  • Derek Robson on 2023 CX1

Archives

  • March 2023
  • February 2023
  • March 2020
  • February 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • February 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016

Categories

  • astronomy
  • nature
  • Uncategorised
  • weather

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
  • Auroral Storm of 2023 February 26 – 28
  • 2023 CX1
  • Greening Steyning Nature Map
Nick's Website Proudly powered by WordPress