T CrB and 2 Pallas

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  • #623133
    Gary Poyner
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    The Minor Planet 2 Pallas will pass within 20 arc minutes of T CrB from June 22-25, with the closest approach of ~12 arc minutes on the evening of the 24th June. Pallas will be travelling from the NE to SW at magnitude nine or thereabouts.

    My thanks to John Greaves for the notification.

    Gary

    #623513
    Lars Lindhard
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    I saw the pair last night and took a picture with my Seestar

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    #623515
    Gary Poyner
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    Well done Lars. I wondered if anyone would have a try.

    Clear here until dusk, then cloud rolled in just as I was about to open observatory. Typical!

    Gary

    #623516
    Peter Mulligan
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    Thanks for the info Gary I got it while doing photometry on TCrb
    Peter

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    #623518
    Gary Poyner
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    Thanks Peter. Glad you caught it.

    Gary

    #623519
    Nick James
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    I’d forgotten about this. I’ve just had a look and Pallas has just sneaked in to my 30s patrol image from last night.

    #623521
    Jeremy Shears
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    Great to see these reports and images. Will be even closer the next couple of nights, so let’s hope for clear skies!

    #623529
    Peter Mulligan
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    Another clear night Pallas moving S-W

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    #623540
    Maxim Usatov
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    Thanks for the pointer. Here’s my view of the scene, Johnson B filter:

    T CrB, 2024-06-24 01:18:23.470 UTC, B = 11.72 ± 0.03
    Pallas, 2024-06-24 01:18:23.470 UTC, B = 10.31 ± 0.03

    #623542
    Nick James
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    And here’s a colour wide-field image from tonight (Jun 24/25). The bright star at the top is epsilon CrB which is mag 4.2. T CrB should be brighter than this when it goes off.

    #623544
    Peter Mulligan
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    Another clear evening unbelievable!
    At 23-00UT Jun 24 Pallas now 12.88′ from T Crb, Pallas at this time at RA 15 59 53.66 +25 43 12.9

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    #623546
    Gary Poyner
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    I’ve been following this visually and remotely for a while now.

    Image below is from last night (June 24.95 UT), and is a truncated image taken with SLOOH Canary 2 Ultra Wide field 85mm Teleview riding on the main telescope.

    Unfiltered magnitude 9.4CV using the BAA T CrB sequence.

    Gary

    #623548
    Lars Lindhard
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    Fin weather for several days now,

    Here is my shot from last night

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