On 15/02/2013 a small asteroid called 2012 DA14 passed by the Earth at only 17000 miles. The asteroid is 50m wide and was closest at around 19:30. I imaged at 21:30 hours when it was quite faint. Nevertheless it was easy to see through the LX200 and could be seen moving against the background stars. This image is a series of 8 second exposures at f3.3 with the HX516.
