Animation made from 40-60 second exposures, each taken 2 minutes apart, between 0716 and 0916 UT today (2011 JUN 24). Pretty faint but it is there, moving from upper left to lower right. http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2011MD-01.GIF Details: C-14 operating at f/5.5, ST10-XME binned 3x3, -10°, clear filter. FOV ~18x26 arc minutes. North up, east to left. Looking forward to it getting closer and brighter. patrick http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news172.html
Looks like a soul en route to heaven. ________________________________ From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> To: utah astronomy utah astronomy listserve <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 4:53 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] 2011 MD animation, 2011 JUN 24 Animation made from 40-60 second exposures, each taken 2 minutes apart, between 0716 and 0916 UT today (2011 JUN 24). Pretty faint but it is there, moving from upper left to lower right. http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2011MD-01.GIF Details: C-14 operating at f/5.5, ST10-XME binned 3x3, -10°, clear filter. FOV ~18x26 arc minutes. North up, east to left. Looking forward to it getting closer and brighter. patrick http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news172.html _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php
Hi Joe, On 24 Jun 2011, at 10:00, Joe Bauman wrote:
Looks like a soul en route to heaven.
I just wish it's halo had been brighter. Tonight has it almost a magnitude brighter so hopefully I'll have better results. And how nice of it to be so well placed for imaging tonight and tomorrow so that I'll have time to get home from the star parties and get my observatory on line. :) patrick
_______________________________ From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> To: utah astronomy utah astronomy listserve <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 4:53 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] 2011 MD animation, 2011 JUN 24
Animation made from 40-60 second exposures, each taken 2 minutes apart, between 0716 and 0916 UT today (2011 JUN 24).
Pretty faint but it is there, moving from upper left to lower right.
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2011MD-01.GIF
Details: C-14 operating at f/5.5, ST10-XME binned 3x3, -10°, clear filter. FOV ~18x26 arc minutes. North up, east to left.
Looking forward to it getting closer and brighter.
patrick
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