Observation by David Briggs: Artemis / Orion in its distant retrograd...

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David Briggs

Observer

David Briggs

Observed

2022 Nov 30 - 18:45

Uploaded

2022 Dec 14 - 16:27

Objects

Spacecraft

Equipment

12" f/5.4 Newtonian and Starlight Xpress H16 CCD Camera

Exposure

Stack of 29 x 15sec exposures tracked at motion of spacecraft

Location

Clanfield Observatory, Hampshire Astronomical Group

Target name

Artemis / Orion spacecraft

Title

Artemis / Orion in its distant retrograde orbit around the Moon

About this image

Imaged between 18:40-18:50UT. The spacecraft was in the constellation of Aquarius at around +17 magnitude at a distance of 257,000miles. A 52% illuminated Moon was about 30° away to the South at the time of the observation.

Files associated with this observation

Artemis1-0001+28 copy.jpg (174.2 kB)

Like this image

Mattia Piccoli, Dr Paul Leyland, Nick James, Grant Privett, Philip Jennings

Comments

Nick James, 2022 Dec 14 - 21:23 UTC

There were not many observations of it when it was in the DRO so good to see this.

David Briggs

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