Observation by NigelTheNerd: Psyche probe

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NigelTheNerd

Observer

NigelTheNerd

Observed

2023 Oct 14 - 01:50

Uploaded

2023 Oct 16 - 16:40

Objects

Spacecraft

Equipment

200mm EdgeHD +ASI6200

Exposure

40*30sec per frame

Location

Ipswich Suffolk

Target name

Psyche probe and its carrier stage

Title

Psyche probe

About this image

The tumbling carrier rocket is the brighter object, the probe is much, much fainter. Range about 245k km

Files associated with this observation

231014 Psyche NSE.gif (1.9 MB)

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Comments

Grant Privett, 2023 Oct 16 - 19:32 UTC

Nice picture. What magnitude was the probe?

NigelTheNerd, 2023 Oct 17 - 08:54 UTC

About mag 18

Grant Privett, 2023 Oct 17 - 09:45 UTC

Yeah, thats rather harder...

BTW is that a hot pixel next to Psyche?

NigelTheNerd, 2023 Oct 17 - 17:20 UTC

Probably. The harder I look the more I can see! But I don't want to go overboard as the background would become too flat and look artificial

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