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Originally Posted by Dave882
That’s fantastic Dennis. Your ability to track down and capture these targets is seriously impressive!!  |
Thanks Dave, I appreciate your comments.
I have since gone back and blinked through several images which I randomly captured (in panic mode
) trying to locate NEO 2023 MU2, after it did not initially appear in its predicted position.
On some of them, as I just nudged the mount randomly, I have found candidates right at the edge of the frame. It wasn’t until I methodically searched around the predicted location that I found the NEO towards the centre of the frame.
I understand that for some of these NEO’s, their predicted orbits are calculated as if only the Asteroid and the Sun exist, so when they get closer to the Earth then they are perturbed by our planet, and this may make the prediction less precise.
Cheers
Dennis