red dwalf Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 (edited) I managed to get a few shots of the Asteroid as it flew past on the 26th of January 2014, it was certainly moving at speed, this is the longest exposure i did which was 4 minutes in total. Edited January 29, 2015 by red dwalf StuartJPP, +Ibbo, Tweedledee and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Brilliant, you caught it! That must have taken a bit of planning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan the Plumber Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Well done Rob nice work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Type-R Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Nice one Rob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Good skills rob-didn't think anybody would snap that [emoji106] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xanthic Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Nice catch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyaardvark Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Nice work Rob. Paul Money got a few shots but not seen too many around. Was a busy night for me so didn't even get out to have a scan around (dam work!) The weather was pretty poor too much of the evening (If I remember?) so well done. S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HykehamObservatory Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Very nice image. I agree it took a lot of finding. I wish I had better kit for imaging but I am in a well lit area near Lincoln so can't really do deep sky. Here is my ten minute video. Each frame was 15 seconds long showing how much the object moved during that period. The image is approximately 35 arc minutes wide (slightly wider than the moon). It was taken using a Celestron 70 travelscope on a guided mount with an ASI120MM camera.The image is 6MB.http://www.thehykehamobservatory.webspa ... 04BL86.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red dwalf Posted January 30, 2015 Author Share Posted January 30, 2015 very nice, wish i`d done something like that now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Well done Rob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red dwalf Posted January 30, 2015 Author Share Posted January 30, 2015 thanks Mick, it looked better in the mono guide camera do 2 seconds subs you could see how fast it was moving. Orion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Nice one Rob. I took many images with a std 1100d lens 55mm atop fixed tripod that night from about 830ppm to 0200. I couldnt work out navigation stars in the fields being imaged on the night despite using stellarium (without the asteroid ephemerides added). Some exp were 8-15s, others longer causing star trails themselves. Looking on APT screen, without enlargement, the lim mag looked about 8.5-8.75, so won't have got it -unless fainter stars can be seen on the images when enlarged. I've yet to inspect 200 odd images I can use your image to see if I have imaged that star field at the same time. But your field will be much greater magnified compared to a fl of 55mm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 (edited) I managed to get a few shots of the Asteroid as it flew past on the 26th of January 2014, it was certainly moving at speed, this is the longest exposure i did which was 4 minutes in total. Rob. Do you have any navigation stars on this image so I can look for images I took and see what's there?, or what's the RA and Dec of the centre of FOV, time of image? Thanks, Derek Edited January 31, 2015 by Orion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red dwalf Posted January 31, 2015 Author Share Posted January 31, 2015 sorry Derek i don`t, i just put the asteroids co ordinates into stellarium and slewed to it, but you can roll back the clock on stellarium so you could find it, image was taken on the 26th - 27th Jan at 5 past midnight on the 27th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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