A rock 40m long heading towards Earth on 15th Feb. Get your telescopes out for this near miss guys:detective:

http://news.sky.com/story/1048633/asteroid-to-pass-earth-in-record-near-miss

Cool - what country would you like it to nearly miss on its travels......:whistling:

Cool - what country would you like it to nearly miss on its travels......:whistling:

 

Lol would not like to say mate but I am wondering if I would be able to see a 40m rock 17,000 miles away with my binos:whistling:

Lol would not like to say mate but I am wondering if I would be able to see a 40m rock 17,000 miles away with my binos:whistling:

 

depends what they are, a good set of 10 x 50 are a good pair, but with a wide field of vision, might just look like a tiny dot, tracking with a telescope is going to be even harder due to the speed its traveling.

I would love a good telescope Vods the bino's are quite good with zoom in lenses not shure how strong they are. Must check out the local gumtree.

Lol would not like to say mate but I am wondering if I would be able to see a 40m rock 17,000 miles away with my binos:whistling:

 

To be fair mate if you can see it with your binos I'd say somebody's got their calculations wrong and we're all in the shit!

To be fair mate if you can see it with your binos I'd say somebody's got their calculations wrong and we're all in the shit!

 

Its only a small rock lol might destroy a big city so its nothing the yanks have already done:nuke:

A good pair of binos looking to the left of the plough (spoon side), at about 20:00 hrs is the best suggested time.

Mind you it's bound to be raining and totally obscured, so may as well dust of Armegeddon and watch Mr Willis save the world!