A couple of "movies" put together from images I shot during this morning's approach of minor planet 2010 TD54. Paramount ME, Celestron C-14 operating at f/5.5, SBIG ST-10 binned 3x3 with clear filter. Field of view is about 18x26 arc minutes. The target was rotating quickly during both sequences which is "reflected" (pun intended) by its rapidly changing brightness. Mount set to allow the target to pass through the field of view. 16 five second exposures shot between 08:51:51 and 08:54:04 UTC. http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2010td54-01.gif Mount set to nearly follow the target. 23 five second exposures shot between 09:01:27 and 09:04:39 UTC. http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2010td54-02.gif patrick
Seems like your images got picked up by Bad Astronomy! http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/10/12/video-of-asteroid-... ++++++++++++++++++ Troy Davidson www.istroyworking.com On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 4:12 AM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
A couple of "movies" put together from images I shot during this morning's approach of minor planet 2010 TD54. Paramount ME, Celestron C-14 operating at f/5.5, SBIG ST-10 binned 3x3 with clear filter. Field of view is about 18x26 arc minutes.
The target was rotating quickly during both sequences which is "reflected" (pun intended) by its rapidly changing brightness.
Mount set to allow the target to pass through the field of view. 16 five second exposures shot between 08:51:51 and 08:54:04 UTC. http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2010td54-01.gif
Mount set to nearly follow the target. 23 five second exposures shot between 09:01:27 and 09:04:39 UTC. http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2010td54-02.gif
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Happily it looks like on Bad in a good way. :) patrick On 12 Oct 2010, at 09:31, Troy Davidson wrote:
Seems like your images got picked up by Bad Astronomy!
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/10/12/video-of-asteroid-...
++++++++++++++++++ Troy Davidson www.istroyworking.com
On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 4:12 AM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
A couple of "movies" put together from images I shot during this morning's approach of minor planet 2010 TD54. Paramount ME, Celestron C-14 operating at f/5.5, SBIG ST-10 binned 3x3 with clear filter. Field of view is about 18x26 arc minutes.
The target was rotating quickly during both sequences which is "reflected" (pun intended) by its rapidly changing brightness.
Mount set to allow the target to pass through the field of view. 16 five second exposures shot between 08:51:51 and 08:54:04 UTC. http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2010td54-01.gif
Mount set to nearly follow the target. 23 five second exposures shot between 09:01:27 and 09:04:39 UTC. http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2010td54-02.gif
patrick
Hi All, Here's my newest blog, starring the Skull Nebula. And thank you to the several who commented on the photos. http://www.deseretnews.com/blog/47/10010272/Nightly-news-astronomy-The-Sea-M... Best wishes,Joe
I couldn't resist one more night before heading back up north. Running Man: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3926&g2_imageViewsIndex=1 Enjoy!
For all you astro guys out there that seek good polar alignment, this is an awesome and very fast method using PHD guiding. It works great. http://njstargazer.org/PolarAlignment.asp Cheers, David
Thanks, David. It looks good! -- Joe --- On Fri, 10/15/10, David Rankin <David@rankinstudio.com> wrote:
From: David Rankin <David@rankinstudio.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Quick drift align To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Friday, October 15, 2010, 2:50 PM For all you astro guys out there that seek good polar alignment, this is an awesome and very fast method using PHD guiding. It works great.
http://njstargazer.org/PolarAlignment.asp
Cheers,
David
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If that link has anything to do with that old, awful Schwartzeneger movie, I'm not clicking on it. LOL! On 10/15/10, David Rankin <David@rankinstudio.com> wrote:
I couldn't resist one more night before heading back up north.
Running Man:
http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3926&g2_imageViewsIndex=1
Very cool stuff Patrick! Cheers, Tyler -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces+tylerallred=earthlink.net@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces+tylerallred=earthlink.net@mailman.xmission.co m] On Behalf Of Patrick Wiggins Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 4:13 AM To: utah astronomy utah astronomy listserve Subject: [Utah-astronomy] 2010 TD54 animations A couple of "movies" put together from images I shot during this morning's approach of minor planet 2010 TD54. Paramount ME, Celestron C-14 operating at f/5.5, SBIG ST-10 binned 3x3 with clear filter. Field of view is about 18x26 arc minutes. The target was rotating quickly during both sequences which is "reflected" (pun intended) by its rapidly changing brightness. Mount set to allow the target to pass through the field of view. 16 five second exposures shot between 08:51:51 and 08:54:04 UTC. http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2010td54-01.gif Mount set to nearly follow the target. 23 five second exposures shot between 09:01:27 and 09:04:39 UTC. http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2010td54-02.gif patrick _______________________________________________ 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 Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
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