324 Bamberga at near-perihelion opposition

[Lee]

During the bright moon this week I wondered if this asteroid would be a good target.... well it's bright enough! The two subs used were taken 38 minutes apart. Was nice to see such movement, proved I had slewed to the right place.... :)


Wikipedia link for more info... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/324_Bamberga)

[h0ughy]

that's pretty cool - did you get the other shot you were after for the other sequence you are doing?

[mithrandir]

Lee, it appears your two images were taken at about 21:12 AEST and 21:50 AEST on Sep 17th.

Any idea what the other moving object near 324 is? It isn't showing up in CdC and I have about 17000 asteroids loaded. About a third of the way from UCAC4-479-132135 to UCAC4-479-132130

CdC rotated/flipped the image.

[Shiraz]

sure is bright! really interesting result Lee - thanks for posting. regards Ray

[Lee]

Thanks mate... Yes, got that one too, seeing was OK on the 17th, dodging clouds, then absolutely dreadful on the 18th when totally clear... :mad2:




My PC stamped them 2122 and 2200h... pretty close....
Not sure on what the other object is, I figured could be hot pixel or something, I didn't bother with darks/stacking for these, and they are single frames..... I'll stack some and see what happens....





Thanks Ray.... It moved more than I thought in the short time....

[Dennis]

Great work and nice results, I love these animations that reveal the dynamics of solar system objects.

Cheers

Dennis

[lepton3]

Top result Lee.

-Ivan

[rustigsmed]

only 38 minutes apart, thats great - thanks for sharing!

[cometcatcher]

That's pretty cool. I should take more of an interest in asteroids. Something to do in a full moon.

[Lee]

Thanks gents..... :)




Cheers.... I'd never thought much about them either, fun stuff.... I might try for some fainter ones next....