Observation by Mazin Younis: Asteroid Didymos post hit

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Mazin Younis

Observer

Mazin Younis

Observed

2022 Sep 28 - 03:00

Uploaded

2022 Sep 28 - 19:23

Objects

65803 Didymos

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Constellation

Fornax

Field centre

RA: 03^h37^m
Dec: -32°42'
Position angle: -122°09'

Field size

1°07' × 0°44'

Equipment

Esprit 100ED Pro
ASI 294MC-Pro

Exposure

80 frames @ 60s

Location

My remote telescope, Morocco

Title

Asteroid Didymos post hit

About this image

At -31° DEC. the asteroid was low in the southern horizon, reaching max. Alt. of 27° at 4am.

It was also very fast, so I took 80 frames of 60s each. The field also contains a number of faint galaxies.

Files associated with this observation

Didymos_BAA_2.jpg (346.3 kB)

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Dr Paul Leyland, Jeremy Shears, Nick James, Manolo_Rodriguez, Dominic Ford, James Weightman, David Basey

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