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Originally Posted by AstroJunk
…Fortunately those smart people at the Minor Planet Center have provided a web service to get a pinpoint prediction…
…centre on the precise position and record a few mins of video which you can use to fast forward and reverse to pickup the asteroid amongst the stars. Once you know exactly where it is, its easy to frame properly for a drift through. Here's a playlist of ones I've captured.
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Brilliant.
I will know how to set up better for next time.
Those silent asteroids look quite ominous on the videos. Thanks for sharing.
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Originally Posted by Dennis
…I went with JPL and it was bang on the target…
…This attached full res 1280x960 crop from the centre of the frame has been annotated in PixInsight…
…Added a full frame inverted view showing the trail across 12x30 sec exposures.
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Good one, Dennis.
Thanks for sharing the photos and the technical details.
The IAU and JPL ephemeris calculators look quite helpful – I will need to spend some time learning how to use them and how to interpret the data. Are there online tutorials?
So, it looks like I need an astrophotography camera to capture these well?
To set my expectations correctly, is there any point to trying to see these visually, or to try to capture one using a standard DSLR?
Thanks.