[HCDX] ASTEROID FLYBY...

[Yimber <dxreport@xxxxxxxxx>]

Space Weather News for April 17, 2007

  ASTEROID FLYBY:  Newly discovered asteroid 2007 HA is flying past Earth today about 2.5 million
kilometers away. There's no danger of a collision, but it is an interesting flyby: the asteroid
is big (300 meters wide), bright (13th to 14th magnitude), and an easy target for large backyard
telescopes.  A beautiful movie of 2007 HA streaking among the stars of Virgo on April 16th is
featured on today's edition of http://spaceweather.com; tonight the asteroid cuts through the
Big Dipper where undoubtedly it will be photographed by many astronomers.
  CRESCENT MOON:  A super-slender crescent Moon emerges from the glare of the sun this evening,
April 17th, and will proceed over the next few nights to glide by Comet 2P/Encke, the Pleiades
star cluster and the planet Venus.  Visit http://spaceweather.com daily for sky maps and
observing tips.

   
  73 de Yimber
   
   

       
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