An Aten Asteroid Observed

163348 2002 NN4 is an Earth and Venus orbits crosser. It was observed at Eden Astronomical Observatory at Lahore with Celestron 14 and SBIG CCD camera. It was observed at around 17 magnitude.

Following is its orbit according to JPL website

Umair Asim 6/12/20 Umair Asim 6/12/20

Near Earth Object, Asteroid 1984 QY1 observed

Our observation shows the asteroid is at 16.1 magnitude. We submitted it to MPC.

Umair Asim 5/5/20 Umair Asim 5/5/20

A Near Earth Asteroid observed from Eden Observatory

Asteroid 2001 MK3 was observed from Eden Astronomical Observatory at Lahore.. There is a lot to explain here.. Read here for a detailed Report.

Umair Asim 4/27/20 Umair Asim 4/27/20

Asteroid nearing our Planet

1998 OR2 asteroid is getting close to Earth and it will have it’s closest approach on April 29, 2020. You can find more here.

Some of our society’s members will try to image this asteroid with our equipment.. stay tuned!

Update (30 April, 2020)

It was cloudy and hazzy on the day in Lahore. Sadly, we could not photograph this asteroid. Life of an astrophotographer!