Observation by Duncan Hale-Sutton: 433 Eros and M33 in a wide field (Dwarf ...

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Duncan Hale-Sutton

Observer

Duncan Hale-Sutton

Observed

2026 Jan 04 - 18:30

Uploaded

2026 Jan 05 - 16:35

Objects

433 Eros
The Triangulum Galaxy (M33)

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Constellation

Triangulum

Field centre

RA: 01^h34^m
Dec: +30°41'
Position angle: -14°07'

Field size

2°30' × 1°25'

Equipment

Dwarf 3 smartscope

Exposure

216x15s

Location

Neatishead, Norfolk

Target name

433 Eros and M33 Triangulum Galaxy

Title

433 Eros and M33 in a wide field (Dwarf 3)

About this image

I want to thank Nick James, Alan Dowdell and Alex Pratt for the heads up about Eros being in the same field as M33 last night. I had very fortuitously taken an image of M33 without realising that this conjunction was taking place. I had assumed that the short streak of light on my image was light from a plane or satellite and had been planning to remove it! I have now marked Eros in this wider field image. This is image is based on 54 minutes of integration on a Dwarf 3 smartscope. I have binned the image x2 and cropped it slightly to remove field rotation effects. First image was taken at 17:56 UT and the last at 19:05 UT. Midpoint 18:30 UT, approximately. Eros moves about 40 pixels in this period, which corresponds to 111 arc second (nearly 2 minutes of arc). This is roughly a speed of 1.6 arc seconds per minute.

Files associated with this observation

2026-01-04 M33 Eros 216x15s Dwarf 3 wide field.jpg (191.0 kB)

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Dominic Ford, Alex Pratt, Steve Knight, Alan Dowdell, Andy Wilson, Jeremy Shears, Bill Leatherbarrow

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