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This week the big near-Earth asteroid 3122 Florence is passing relatively close by, and skywatchers with even modest telescopes have a chance to spot it. The Lonely Island are Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone. How the Finch Stole Christmas! By Donna Andrews. As in her previous Christmas mysteries, Six Geese a-Slaying, Duck the Halls, and. Dubbed ‘Florence,’ the huge space rock will pass 4.4 million miles from our planet – or, about 18 times the distance between Earth and the moon (stock image).

Note to Editors / Producers: This release is accompanied by publication- quality illustrations. When astronomer Bobby Bus discovered an asteroid passing through the inner solar system on March 2, 1.

This week that same body, now bearing the catalog number 3. Florence Nightingale, is cruising by us at a distance of just 4. That's closer than it's been since 1. Watch Gone Too Far Putlocker more. A 6. 0- second exposure with a large amateur telescope on August 2. Florence (bright dot in center). The telescope tracked the apparent motion of the object, so stars are trailing. The long vertical trail on the left is the geostationary satellite AMC- 1.

The asteroid was about 5 million miles (8 million km) from Earth. Gianluca Masi / Virtual Telescope Project. Florence will not pose any danger to Earth, but all this week the asteroid will appear as bright as a 9th- magnitude star. Despite some interference from moonlight, 3.

Florence should be fairly easy to spot in even modest backyard telescopes," notes Kelly Beatty, a senior editor at Sky & Telescope magazine. To locate Florence, you'll need an accurate sky chart that plots the asteroid's motion among the background stars night to night. The best time to view will be late evening, when it's high overhead. Although Florence reaches peak brightness (magnitude 8. Thursday night (August 3. September 1st), it should remain nearly this bright for several days before and afterward.

Sky & Telescope has prepared four detailed charts to help observers locate 3. Florence this week. Two of these show the asteroid's general motion northward among the constellations. Two more show small areas of sky, plotting all stars brighter than magnitude 9.

North American observers on the evenings of August 2. September 1- 3. Note that the detailed charts are labeled for Universal Time (GMT), and you'll have to apply a time- zone correction for your location (for example, 0h UT on August 3. EDT on August 3. 0th). During its visit, Florence will be traveling roughly south to north, crossing through the constellations Capricornus, Aquarius, Delphinus, Vulpecula, and Cygnus. An especially good opportunity occurs at about 8 p. Eastern Daylight Time on Saturday evening, September 2nd, when the asteroid crosses the quartet of 4th- magnitude stars that mark the head of Delphinus, the Dolphin.

It will be gliding northward by a little less than the full Moon's diameter each hour, motion that should be obvious by watching the asteroid's starlike pinpoint through a telescope for just a few minutes. Florence appears this bright, despite being far away, both because it's among the largest near- Earth asteroids (2. For comparison, the Moon's average reflectivity is just 1. Although it rotates in just 2. Sky & Telescope is making publication- quality illustrations available to our colleagues in the news media. Permission is granted for nonexclusive use in print and broadcast media, as long as appropriate credit (as noted in the caption) is included.

Web publication must include a link to Skyand. Telescope. com. During late August and early September, the near- Earth asteroid 3. Florence passes Earth as close as 4. Earth. It will be bright enough to spot in modest backyard telescopes. Note that the labeled dates on this chart mark the asteroid's location at 1. Eastern Daylight Time; adjust to your time zone accordingly. Sky & Telescope diagram.

This chart shows the northward motion of asteroid 3. Florence through several constellations during late August and early September. Note that the labeled dates on this chart mark the asteroid's location at 0: 0. Universal Time (midnight GMT) on the listed date. These correspond to 8 p. Eastern Daylight Time on the previous date; adjust to your time zone accordingly. The two dark areas, labeled Chart A and Chart B, correspond to the detailed charts below.

Sky & Telescope diagram. This 8½- by- 1. 1- inch chart shows the northward motion of asteroid 3. Florence through the constellations Capricornus and Aquarius on the evenings of August 2.

North America. Stars are plotted to magnitude 9. Note that the labeled dates on this chart mark the asteroid's location at 0: 0. Universal Time (midnight GMT) on the listed date. These correspond to 8 p.,m Eastern Daylight Time on the previous date; adjust to your time zone accordingly. Sky & Telescope diagram. This 8½- by- 1. 1- inch chart shows the northward motion of asteroid 3.

Florence through the constellations Aquarius and Delphinus on the evenings of September 1–3 in North America. Stars are plotted to magnitude 9.

Note that the labeled dates on this chart mark the asteroid's location at 0: 0. Universal Time (midnight GMT) on the listed date. These correspond to 8 p.,m Eastern Daylight Time on the previous date; adjust to your time zone accordingly.

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