Observation by Paul Leyland: Nereid and (16095) Lorenball

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Dr Paul Leyland

Observer

Paul Leyland

Observed

2020 Sep 14 - 02:00

Uploaded

2021 Jun 04 - 20:24

Objects

Neptune
16095 Lorenball

Equipment
  • 0.4m Dilworth Relay
  • Starlight Xpress 814 Trius Pro
  • No filter
Exposure

2200 seconds in 38 subs

Location

Tacande Observatory, MPC J22

Target name

Nereid, aka Neptune-II, and (16095) Lorenball

Title

Nereid and (16095) Lorenball

About this image

My previous image of Nereid was OK but this was an attempt to get a better one. I think I succeeded.

Two vermin of the skies photobombed the images. One produced the prominent trail in this image. It is (16095) Lorenball which was magnitude 17.7 according to the MPC. The other was close to the edge of the stack and is not shown here; that one is (45618) 2000 D072 at V=18.2.

Nereid has V=19.1.  The edge-on galaxy at the lower right has not yet been identified.

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