Erwin remembered - Minor planet 14664 Vandervelden

[rogerg (Roger)]

I have managed to successfully find and image 14664 (Vandervelden) tonight, and have posted 2 images and an animated GIF on my website.

I'm quite new to finding Minor Planets and as such am not greatly experienced to produce a wonderful image, but here's something. The images contain objects down to 19.6 Mag as far as I can tell, but in the processed version to look "nice" objects appear very faint including 14664.

My website has 2 images, one is a "nice" photoshop-ed version, the other is a raw image from Astrometrica (which I used to analyse the images).

http://www.rogergroom.com/rogergroom...m.jsp?Item=280

Now, I'm dead tired and have work early in the morning so must go...

Roger.

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by rogerg

I have managed to successfully find and image 14664 (Vandervelden) tonight, and have posted 2 images and an animated GIF on my website.

I'm quite new to finding Minor Planets and as such am not greatly experienced to produce a wonderful image, but here's something. The images contain objects down to 19.6 Mag as far as I can tell, but in the processed version to look "nice" objects appear very faint including 14664.

My website has 2 images, one is a "nice" photoshop-ed version, the other is a raw image from Astrometrica (which I used to analyse the images).

http://www.rogergroom.com/rogergroom...m.jsp?Item=280

Now, I'm dead tired and have work early in the morning so must go...

Roger.

I tips me hat to ya! congratuations on capturing this object and well done, in my books your a legend at 17 mag i thought this was going to be very hard to get (for me anyway).

[iceman (Mike)]

Simply amazing Roger, very well done!

[Dennis]

Great capture and really nice animation - well done, now go get some sleep!

Cheers

Dennis

[Itchy]

Great work Roger

Thanks

[leon]

What a wonderful tribute, I did not know him, but it seems he contributed much to the astronomical community, and will be sadly missed.

Leon

[Outbackmanyep]

Thats a great honour! Well deserved!

[PeterM]

Ten years ago this month our dear friend Erwin Vandervelden left us at age 39.
A member and contributor to Ice In Space, The Southern and Brisbane Astronomical Societies and at the time easily one of the very best amateur astro imagers on the planet.
Obsessed - probably, having incredible skill -without a doubt, particularly with planetary images Erwin was held in very high regard by many across the planet. I reopen this thread to say how much he is still missed and can only wonder just what he might have been posting here today.
Attached is a pic of several of us at Leyburn last weekend around Erwins resting place.
Two things are certain, he is well remembered and his spirit is felt under those beautiful crisp Leyburn skies.