ErwinvdVelden
30-07-2005, 12:58 PM
Hi everyone,
As everyone will have noticed by now the 10th planet 2003 UB313 (?)
is quite a bit away from the Sun and it's motion across the sky is only 0.5 arcsec/day with a current brightness of 18.9 magnitude. Since I can get downto magnitude 21 with the D70/C9.25 combination, I'll try to image it during Astrofest, but will probably only be able to identify it with a second shot a month later, when the little bugger has moved a mere 15 arcsec.
Gives me something to do.... :doh:
Cheers,
As everyone will have noticed by now the 10th planet 2003 UB313 (?)
is quite a bit away from the Sun and it's motion across the sky is only 0.5 arcsec/day with a current brightness of 18.9 magnitude. Since I can get downto magnitude 21 with the D70/C9.25 combination, I'll try to image it during Astrofest, but will probably only be able to identify it with a second shot a month later, when the little bugger has moved a mere 15 arcsec.
Gives me something to do.... :doh:
Cheers,