SpaceX Tesla Roadster Photographed Passing a Star Cluster

Space Weather News for Feb. 20, 2018 http://spaceweather.com https://www.facebook.com/spaceweatherdotcom THE ROADSTER AND THE STAR CLUSTER: How far away can you see a cherry red Tesla Roadster? Yesterday, a telescope in Chile spotted Elon Musk's electric car 3.7 million kilometers from Earth as it was passing by star cluster NGC 5694. Using orbital elements published by NASA, amateur astronomers are setting new distance records almost every day as they track the Roadster en route to the orbit of Mars. Visit today's edition of Spaceweather.com for updates and a movie of the Roadster and the star cluster. Remember, SpaceWeather.com is on Facebook! Above: Glowing feebly like a 20th magnitude star, Starman and the Tesla Roadster pass NGC 5694 on Feb. 19, 2018. More photos of the distant car may be found in Spaceweather.com's SpaceX photo gallery. Share Tweet Forward Copyright © 2018 Spaceweather.com, All rights reserved.