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The Slooh online observatory will broadcast live views of the nearby Earth asteroid Apophis as it makes a close but safe flight from our planet today (March 5) at 20:00 EST (0100 GMT on Saturday). Slooh’s webcast contains images of Apophis from Slooh’s remote-controlled observatories in Chile and the Canary Islands.
“We’ll be watching Apophis most of the night,” Slooh’s chief astronomer Paul Cox told Space.com. “I’ll be hosting the live star party, and our guests are Bob Berman and Dr. Mike Shaw. Earth asteroid has been going since 2008. “
You can watch the webcast live in the window above, thanks to Slooh, and members of Slooh can watch it on Slooh.com. Non-members can sign up here for a free 7-day membership trial.
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