[Boatanchors] Watch The Sky Today!

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Here is something I thought some of you who are into space weather and 
amateur astronomers might find enjoyable -

ASTEROID FLYBY:  Asteroid 2007 TU24 is flying past Earth this week at a
distance of only 334,000 miles (1.4 lunar distances).  NASA radars tracking
the asteroid confirm that there is no danger of a collision, but it will be
close enough for amateur astronomers to photograph through mid-sized
backyard telescopes. At closest approach on Jan. 29th, the asteroid will
glide through the constellations Andromeda and Cassiopeia glowing like a
10th magnitude star.  Visit http://spaceweather.com for celestial
coordinates and a low-resolution radar image of the approaching rock.

HALO BONUS:  A photographer in Finland has captured the long-sought "Kern
arc", a rare sun halo created by triangular ice crystals.   Experts are
calling it the "halo photo of the decade" and it is featured on today's


Duane Fischer, W8DBF/WPE8CXO
dfischer at usol.com

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