Observation by Mazin Younis: Asteroid in Horsehead Nebula

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Mazin Younis

Observer

Mazin Younis

Observed

2022 Nov 22 - 00:00

Uploaded

2022 Nov 30 - 21:19

Objects

The Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33)
1660 Wood

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Constellation

Orion

Field centre

RA: 05^h40^m
Dec: -02°30'
Position angle: -98°59'

Field size

0°55' × 0°36'

Equipment

Skywatcher Quattro Newtonian f/4
ASI 294MC-Pro

Exposure

8 subs @ 600s

Location

Adar village, southern Morocco (Bortle 2)

Title

Asteroid in Horsehead Nebula

About this image

Nice opportunity to catch asteroid (1660) Wood [mag. 13.9] cutting across the Horsehead Nebula.

This asteroid was discovered by the British-SA astronomer Harry Wood in 1953 at Johannesburg Observatory.

Files associated with this observation

Horsehead_asteroid.jpg (1.7 MB)

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Mike Harlow, Jeremy Shears, Dr Paul Leyland, Mattia Piccoli, Callum Potter, Tim Haymes, Alan Thomas, Simon Paul Davis, David Basey, Philip Jennings

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