Observation by Alex Pratt: Video astrometry of PHA 1999 RM45

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Alex Pratt

Observer

Alex Pratt

Observed

2021 Feb 28 - 20:31

Uploaded

2021 Mar 06 - 14:35

Equipment

C11 f/10 and f/3.3 focal reducer
Watec 910 video camera
IOTA-VTI GPS time inserter
OccuRec (recording)
Tangra (reduction)

Exposure

Video integration of 0.64 s

Location

Z92

Target name

Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 1999 RM45

Title

Video astrometry of PHA 1999 RM45

About this image

Poor weather thwarted most of my attempts to monitor the recent flyby of this Potentially Hazardous Asteroid. I had better luck on Feb 28, its sky motion was then ~37"/min and analysis of the recordings showed that this mag. 14 target was moving at 0.60"/sec in RA and 0.11"/sec in Dec.

Astrometry was submitted to the MPC. No further measures of this asteroid, and none of another NEO, 2021 DW1, were obtained.

Files associated with this observation

1999 RM45_20210228_2031_ARP.jpg (626.1 kB)

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