A large 1.5-mile-wide asteroid is making a close — but safe — approach to Earth on Wednesday, and amateur astronomers will be able to watch via a live stream from the comfort of their homes.
, operated by Italian astronomer Gianluca Masi, will have a livestream on its website beginning at 2:30 p.m. ET as it continues to fly past Earth.
So far, in fact, that it cannot be seen with the naked eye or a small telescope, the European Space Agency. The asteroid is"just at the limit of what is visible with medium-sized telescopes," the agency wrote. NASA began tracking the object in July 1998 after it was discovered by the organization's Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking program.
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