Observation by Dr Paul Leyland: (3617) Eicher

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Dr Paul Leyland

Observer

Dr Paul Leyland

Observed

2023 Aug 07 - 22:37

Uploaded

2023 Aug 09 - 09:17

Objects

3617 Eicher

Equipment

0.4m Dilworth Relay
SX 814 CCD camera
No filter

Exposure

930 s in 313 subs

Location

Tacande Observatory, MPC J22

Target name

(3617) Eicher

Title

(3617) Eicher

About this image

The story behind this one: David Eicher (@deicherstar) is Editor-in-Chief of Astronomy magazine. About a couple of years ago he asked his Twitter followers for a picture of his eponymous asteroid. I was never in Tacande with a working observatory when the asteroid was above the horizon at night --- until a couple of days ago.

This is the result and it is the only image he has yet seen of (3617) Eicher.

Files associated with this observation

3617-Eicher.png (257.6 kB)

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Tim Haymes, Mike Harlow

Comments

Dr Paul Leyland, 2023 Aug 09 - 09:19 UTC

By the way, the faint "trail" at the top is actually an edge-on spiral galaxy LEDA 1167361. The galaxy is mag 17.6 and the asteroid was 16.3 at the time.

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