NEO 2026 RG2
Taken by Dennis Simmons on September 13, 2026 @
Brisbane, Australia
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Date Taken: 2026:09:14 08:21:55
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The Spaceweather website showed that NEO 2026 RG2 would pass planet Earth at a distance of 2.1 LD on 2026-Sep-13. The rock is 15 metres diameter and moving at 5.4 kms/sec.
After importing the elements into The Sky X Pro I was able to locate the mag. 17.62 NEO in our southern skies and set a Custom Tracking Rate to follow 2026 RG2, leaving the stars to trail in the background.
I managed to record 5x120 sec exposures which I processed in Pixinsight and PS CC to obtain this result.
Celestron C11 Edge HD at F10, ASI 2600 MC Pro camera, 5x120 sec exposures.
Dennis
The Sky X Pro provided the following information:
Object Name: 2026 RG2
Object Type: Asteroid (Small Database)
RA (Topocentric): 20h 37m 27.5s
Dec (Topocentric): -46° 59' 46"
RA (2000.0): 20h 35m 33.2s
Dec (2000.0): -47° 05' 16"
Azimuth: 203° 40' 25"
Altitude: +68° 08' 23"
Magnitude: 17.62
Earth Distance (au): 0.01
Sun Distance (au): 1.01
RA Rate (arcsecs/sec): -1.236651
Dec Rate (arcsecs/sec): -1.134148
Date: 13/09/2026
Time: 9:45 PM STD
2026-09-13T11:45Z
Constellation: Indus
Photographer's website:
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