Photographer:
Mike Olason
Location of Photo:
Denver Colorado
Date/Time of photo:
1 September 2017, 0900UT
Equipment:
11" SCT f/6.4 and STF-8300M CCD Camera, 1" Refractor f/4 and ST-402ME CCD Camera
Description:
Several images of Asteroid Florence at it's close approach to Earth in the early Denver morning of 1 September 2017 when it was about 4.4 Million Miles from Earth. The 2.7 mile wide asteroid was about magnitude 8.7 moving at almost 1/2 degree per hour across the night skies of Denver. These images were taken through holes in a mostly cloudy sky.
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