Newbie Question: Asteroids visible from Earth?

Hello

Are Asteroids visible from Earth? If they are - what would be the ideal
telescope
for viewing them?

Thanks in advance
Joseph

Hi

I've seen a few in my 6" reflector. The biggest asteroids are the easiest to
see eg vesta , callista (I think!) etc... The bigger the scope the fainter
the asteroid you'll see.

Alistair
http://www.geocities.com/the_150mm_reflector




"Joseph" wrote in message
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Hello

Are Asteroids visible from Earth? If they are - what would be the ideal
telescope
for viewing them?

Thanks in advance
Joseph

Hi

I've seen a few in my 6" reflector. The biggest asteroids are the easiest to
see eg vesta , callista (I think!) etc... The bigger the scope the fainter
the asteroid you'll see.

Alistair
http://www.geocities.com/the_150mm_reflector




"Joseph" wrote in message
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Hello

Are Asteroids visible from Earth? If they are - what would be the ideal
telescope
for viewing them?

Thanks in advance
Joseph

In message , Joseph
writes
Hello

Are Asteroids visible from Earth? If they are - what would be the ideal
telescope
for viewing them?

If you mean "with a small telescope", the answer is quite a lot. The
first four to be discovered (Ceres, Pallas, Juno, and Vesta) can be seen
with binoculars and Vesta is theoretically a naked eye object.
Next year is a good chance to see a near-Earth asteroid -Toutatis will
be magnitude 10 in September.
--
"Forty millions of miles it was from us, more than forty millions of miles of
void"

In message , Joseph
writes
Hello

Are Asteroids visible from Earth? If they are - what would be the ideal
telescope
for viewing them?

If you mean "with a small telescope", the answer is quite a lot. The
first four to be discovered (Ceres, Pallas, Juno, and Vesta) can be seen
with binoculars and Vesta is theoretically a naked eye object.
Next year is a good chance to see a near-Earth asteroid -Toutatis will
be magnitude 10 in September.
--
"Forty millions of miles it was from us, more than forty millions of miles of
void"