Observation by Nigel Evans: 2025-010D

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Nigel Evans

Observer

Nigel Evans

Observed

2026 Aug 04 - 02:00

Uploaded

2026 Aug 05 - 17:59

Objects

Spacecraft

Equipment

200mm EdgeHD +ASI6200

Exposure

5sec sub, then Sum 40 Step 20

Location

Ipswich Suffolk

Target name

2025-010D

Title

2025-010D

About this image

The skies had a hazy "should I bother" appearance when I tried to image 2025-010D, a discarded Falcon9 upper stage that was to impact the Moon the following day (5th August). At the time of observation, a rather indistinct Moon was some 10 degrees away

Due to the high motion, exposures were limited to 5 seconds - over 700 were taken as the rocket crossed the 40 arcmin FoV.

01:26 - 02:33 UT

FoV 12 x 8 arcmin

Files associated with this observation

2025-010D NSE.gif (9.0 MB)

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