Asteroid Toutatis Approaches

Asteroid 4179 Toutatis is flying past Earth this week. The
weirdly tumbling space rock is close enough (4 lunar distances) and bright
enough (9th magnitude) to see through backyard telescopes. For the next
few days it will scoot through the constellation Capricornus where amateur
astronomers worldwide can find it. By Sept. 29th, when Toutatis is
closest to Earth, it will be visible mainly from the southern hemisphere.
Observers there can see it passing not far from the bright star Alpha

spaceweather.com...

Lets all try and take some pictures of Toutatis

Check!

But, alas, living in Seattle doesn't give one many opportunities for clear skies at night. I'll do my best though.