Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT) and sky (IMAGE)

University of Helsinki

Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT) and sky

Caption

The approaching asteroid was observed using the 2.5-meter Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT) in La Palma, Canary Islands. The image in the top right corner shows the asteroid detected by the telescope  in the centre of the green circle. The other bright spots are background stars, smeared due to the movement of the telescope.

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Viktoria Pinter, Zuri Gray

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