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Old 28-03-2023, 11:18 AM
Dennis
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Some time ago I had a play around with an App called "Tycho Tracker" which can detect faint and fast-moving asteroids.

Tycho Tracker implements a technique called Synthetic Tracking to improve the signal-to-noise ratio.

Here is a link to the website:

https://www.tycho-tracker.com/

After upgrading from my old Version 8 to the latest Version 10 (USD $50), I loaded 47x60 sec Bin 2x2 images into Tycho Tracker and after following the "monkey see - monkey do" User Manual, I was able to align the 47 frames centred on NEO 2023 DZ which then displayed the field stars as dotted trails.

I have included a few screen captures from Tycho Tracker showing some of the steps involved. Tycho Tracker identified and labelled a total of 46 Asteroids in the final image, although at mag 20 and fainter, I did not manage to record them.

My brain now hurts from the crash courses in PixInsight and Tycho Tracker.

Cheers

Dennis
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