What's Up for February 2013

[Waspie_Dwarf]

What's Up for February 2013

On February 15 a small asteroid named 2012 DA-14 will whiz by, only 17,200 miles from Earth. It doesn't pose any threat to us, but it is sure to create a buzz around the world.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech › Asteroid and Comet Watch site

Source: NASA - Multimedia

[chopmo]

oooo the comet would be something I'd like to see as well as Saturn. The meteor will be need a decent telescope at 8 wouldn't it? :S I don't know much about telescopes and such, I try to stay out of sky hahaha.

[Indiogene]

North Americans won't be able to easily view the passerby asteroid due to its' magnitude, but Mercury and Mars are close to each other on the night of the 15-16th (My birthday night)...and the Comet Pan-Starrs seems to point towards a setting Mars in March.