The picture above comes from the average of three, 60-second exposures, remotely taken with the Takahashi FSQ-106ED + ZWO AM5N + ZWO ASI2600MC Pro  robotic 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..

At the time of the image, asteroid 1997 NC1 was at about 3.5-million of kilometers from us and safely approaching.

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,  6.6x 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.

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