02-10-2018, 09:59 PM
We (UKIRT) might have a go at trying to detect the Roadster in the next couple of nights. It's not a high priority as there's no real science to be gained and I'll need to do some math to figure out where it is so that our telescope control system understands, but if we do see it I'll share the images here. It'll be faint but hoping we'll be able to see it move with respect to background stars. They'll likely be the first infrared observations ever of a car in space...