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8pm tonight an asteroid the size of a cruise ship should be visible above the skies of Wales as it grazes the earth in a once in 200-year event.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-30975317
Shame
Can't it be diverted to land on Bethesda?
I'm a bit puzzled where the welsh part of that comes from, it'll be just as visible from the rest of the UK.
It's worth noting that we're talking about a mag 9.5 speck (well below limiting visual magnitude) moving slowly against the background stars, not something that'll be particularly dramatic for those who aren't astronomy geeks. If you're staying up til 5-ish it'll be passing the beehive which will make for a good long exposure photo - but then if you have an eq AP mount you're probably not going to be learning about it from here...
[quote=lemonysam ]I'm a bit puzzled where the welsh part of that comes from, it'll be just as visible from the rest of the UK. It's from the Wales section of the BBC website. Maybe the Welsh don't read any of the other bits?
I'm a bit puzzled where the welsh part of that comes from
It was being reported on BBC Wales!
EDIT: too slow
It was being reported on BBC Wales!
Ahh... ok, I'm there.
Can't it be diverted to land on Bethesda?
Oi!!
I'm a bit puzzled where the welsh part of that comes from
Probably:
because of the timing - we should get a good view of it in the night sky above Wales
That'll be about it...
He said that the "cruise ship-sized" asteroid would pass as close as three times the distance from the earth to the moon.
So not really a "graze" then.
If you're on top of Snowdon, would shouting "DUCK" be appropriate! 😉
Whenever the sky is clear in Wales it gets mentioned in the news
anybody see it then???
anybody see it then???
Yep, it was pretty much exactly as I described up there. Which is still pretty cool.
I wasn't in wales though.
In related news, ports all around the world were grazed today by cruise ships the size of cruise ships