Observation by Tim Haymes: NEO 2024 AW3

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Tim Haymes

Observer

Tim Haymes

Observed

2024 Jan 19 - 00:00

Uploaded

2024 Jan 21 - 17:25

Equipment

C11 F/6
QHY174mGPS
Astrometrica software

Exposure

20 x 30s subs

Location

North Oxfordshire

Target name

2024 AW3

Title

NEO 2024 AW3

About this image

An experiment that pleasingly worked first time ! The NEO was discovered at the start of the year, and the ephemeris was good enough to find it. I plugged the orbit into Skymap Pro and took 30s exposures, a bit of a risk since the asteroid was moving at 9.7 arcsec/min, but it worked. Astrometrica track and stack on two sets of exposure about 1 hr apart shows the asteroid as a slightly elongated dot (circled in blue).

Image B is the later observation, and in the upper left of B, is a green circle marking the asteroid position shown in Image A. Its moved !

The asteroid is mag 18.7. There are many objects listed. I chose one of the brighter ones. Many(most) NEOs are fainter 20.

Files associated with this observation

2024AW3_comp_20240118_thaymes.jpg (361.3 kB)

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