Hi,
Got good shots. Could not get any trace of an asteroid in the
area where TheSkyX Pro says it should be. I used "Animate"
feature of Maxim DL to see if I could see any object move. Nothing.
Thanks,
Howard
Howard Anderson wrote:
Hi Tom and Paul,
I just now set up a shot for this for tonight with one
of my telescopes in New Mexico. I will be using
40 minute exposures, f/7 with single-shot color ST-4000XCM.
Thanks for Magnitude data Tom. It might just barely be doable...
Think I have captured stars in the past stars that were that dim...
Will know in the morning...
Thanks,
Howar
Tom Polakis wrote:
---- L Knauth <Knauth@xxxxxxx> wrote:
The wife of famous but now deceased planetary geologist Ron Greeley asked ifPaul,
I could take an image of the asteroid named after her husband. I don't do
astrophotography. If any of you can do it, I would be delighted to pass it
along or put you in touch with her. Maybe a classic asteroid shot with the
thing making a little streak?
The good news is that it's currently near Pollux so very high in evening sky
from our latitude. The bad news is that The JPL Horizons ephemeris generator
site shows it at magnitude 21.6, and fading. This should still be doable by
somebody with a medium-sized scope at a dark site.
Tom
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