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Live asteroid impact12/6/2023 ![]() The second telescope is 40 cm (16 inch) telescope. ![]() ![]() With the larger camera, the 20 inches telescope has combined field of view of 30 x 30 arcmins. Two imaging cameras are available for this telescope, both equipped with Johnson UBVRI filters for standard photometry. The main and largest telescope is the 50cm (20 inches) diameter astrograph that is installed on a fully automated mount. We will remotely access the Mahikeng Astronomical Observatory, a facility of the North West University in the town of Mahikeng, South Africa.He currently observes from his Klein Karoo Observatory in Calitzdorp, South Africa He is a very active observer of cataclysmic variable stars, with tens of thousands of observations, and also discovered many supernovae. Berto is one of the most accomplished amateur astronomers in the world and a long time friend of the host. In 2003 he became the first amateur on the planet to detect the optical counterpart of a gamma-ray burst. We will connect with the Klein Karoo Observatory and will observe together with his owner and operator, Berto Monard.We are pleased to acknowledge their foundamental contribution: So, we managed to contact a couple of Observatories in South Africa, from where the asteroid will be visible at its best and they promptly joined our request. Unfortunately, asteroid (65803) Didymos is currently too South in the sky to be seen from Italy, where are telescopes are installed. 2021, now we wanted to show you its final fate. We spotted DART soon after it was launched in Nov. Testing this before the real need is vital.Īs always, the Virtual Telescope Project wanted to bring to you such a unique opportunity: spying in real-time the target asteroid around the impact time, to hopefully record and see together any brightness increase due to collision. The idea is to use the same technique in the future, just in case an asteroid will be found on a route of collision with the Earth. The Nasa’s DART probe, impacting on its target asteroid Dimorphos, will be the first test ever of a planetary defence mission. DART impact on Dimorphos: a panel summarising our observations, with clear evolution of the target asteroid.
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