Strange Object in my Image

[leon]

Hi Guys, I was out last imaging, and although the night was clear and crisp I some how missed my target :doh: :doh: and did 4 hours on a star field instead of the target that I had planned to image.:shrug:

However that is an other story, :lol: but I do have a strange object in this star field, the stars are round but this thing is a moving object of sorts and was wondering if some one could shed some light on it. :shrug:

I was imaging the Rho Complex, but missed the target :whistle:

The exposure is a combination of 16 frames at 7 minutes each, a total of 112 minutes, Taken on June 24th from 9.10 pm to 25th June concluding at 1.35 am

One frame was ejected because of poor seeing and that is the break we can see in line of the final image.

Please see below the original widefield, and then two cropped images out of the widefield

Leon :thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

times Leon Times?

[Screwdriverone]

Hi Leon,

hmmm, looks like it might be an asteroid? I have seen a few pics that look similar to this.

Wasnt anywhere near Pluto's position was it?

Just a thought.

Chris

[leon]

Yep Houghy, i agree, thought about that when I was in bed, that I hasn't entered the times I will add it to the top post, sorry.

leon

[troypiggo]

I thought he meant what times were the shots taken to help establish what should have been in that field of view at the time?

[Glenn Dawes]

Hi Leon,

The top right hand corner star is Beta Scorpii.
It was a minor planet, 144 Vibilia, it was 12th magnitude and by my reckoning you took the image on the evening of the 24th, roughly between 10pm and 2am EAST. There were at least a dozen other asteroids in the field at the time but none brighter than about 15th magn.

Regards

Glenn

[Alchemy]

looks like glens on to it, this area of the sky runs right through the ecliptic, therefore being on a plane with the planets and as such all the asteroids, its somewhat unavoidable if you shoot in that line.
it makes it interesting though


clive

[leon]

Yes Troy I think he did , so I have just added that to the original post, and Glenn I think you might be right as the time i was imaging is in the time frame that you have mentioned, thanks guys for your response. ;)

So am I famous... :lol: :lol: :rofl: :rofl:

Leon :thumbsup:

[TrevorW]

No !!!!

[Hagar]

Nice capture Leon. A minor planet Hey..... If you were planning to capture this something would have gone wrong. Another one for your archives.

[leon]

Yea your right Doug if this were planned I would have better luck winning Tattslotto, thanks mate.

Leon

[dugnsuz]

Well done leon - love the tightness and colour of the stars too
Doug

[Spanrz]

Leon, I know this is a bit left field, but could have that been one of the stages from the LCROSS/LRO (NASA) mission, that was just recently launched?

[leon]

Thanks Doug, I actually quite like this shot, although I did miss the target :doh: that I was planning to image, never mind there is always tomorrow. ;)

A Brett in response to your question, to be honest I don't really know. :shrug:

Leon :thumbsup:

[renormalised]

Nice shot there, Leon. An asteroid for the collection:D

Although, you could say....queue the "Twilight Zone" theme....maybe it's really a "Grey" mothership coming to pick up all their lost comrades out at Area 51:P:P:D

[Spanrz]

Leon,
I found a pic on one of the NASA websites (LCROSS/LRO) and someone managed to picture it (The LRO)
http://www.backyardastronomer.com/lcross/LCROSS-20090629-anim2.gif

Unsure on the time of exposure, just thought it might of been something else to ponder.

[Octane]

Glenn has it correct. Just confirmed with Starry Night Pro Plus. :)

Regards,
Humayun

[leon]

Very interesting guys thanks for the info Brett and Humayum.

Leon