{"id":496450,"date":"2026-06-26T11:01:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T11:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/496450\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T11:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T11:01:12","slug":"potentially-hazardous-asteroid-152637-1997-nc1-close-encounter-new-image-24-june-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/496450\/","title":{"rendered":"Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (152637) 1997 NC1 close encounter: new image &#8211; 24 June 2026."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We present here our latest picture of Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (152637) 1997 NC1, now that it is almost at its minimum distance from us, having a spectacular and safe close approach with the Earth. We will show it live!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1997NC1_24june2026.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-207317\" class=\"wp-image-207317\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1997NC1_24june2026.jpg\" alt=\"Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (152637) 1997 NC1: 24 June 2026.\" width=\"800\" height=\"672\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-207317\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (152637) 1997 NC1: 24 June 2026.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The picture above comes from the average of three, 60-second exposures, remotely taken with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualtelescope.eu\/the-takahashi-fsq-106ed-106-530-astrograph-zwo-am5n-zwo-asi26000mc-pro\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Takahashi FSQ-106ED + ZWO AM5N + ZWO ASI2600MC Pro<\/a> \u00a0robotic unit available as part of the Virtual Telescope Project in the Atacama Desert, Chile. 1997 NC1 looks like a streak in the center, as it moved across the star field when the image was captured..<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the time of the image, asteroid 1997 NC1 was at about 3.5-million of kilometers from us and safely approaching.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This 710-1600 meters large asteroid will reach its minimum distance from us on 27 June 2026, at 11:16 UTC, safely coming as close as 2.6-million of kilometers, \u00a06.6x the average lunar distance) (source: Nasa\/JPL). On average, an object of this size comes so close every ten years or so. Of course, there are no risks at all for our planet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualtelescope.eu\/solar-system\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Back to \u201cSolar System\u201d page<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Support The Virtual Telescope Project!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Support us! 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