Asteroid Fly-By on August 18

ke4roh writes "An asteroid will fly near the planet and be visible with binoculars from the northern hemisphere August 18, so says this article. Astronomers say it will cross the sky at 8 degrees per hour and fade out of view as it approaches the sun and hence goes through its various phases - full, gibbous, half... down to nothing. Such a show only comes about twice a century, so take a look before it disappears!" Another reader sends in a few useful links: "Here's the complete article from the folks at NASA Space Science with extra links including details on the astreroid's trajectory."

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For everything else....

[cdf12345]

pair of decent binoculars: $60
tank of gas to drive to dark location: $20
Lawn blankets: $15

The expression on your face as you realise some NASA mathmatican forgot to carry a one......priceless