Observation by Nick James: Roman Space Telescope and Falcon 9 Heavy...

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2026 Sep 04 - 21:19

Uploaded

2026 Sep 06 - 07:22

Objects

Spacecraft

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Constellation

Aquarius

Field centre

RA: 22^h28^m
Dec: -21°57'
Position angle: +1°23'

Field size

1°10' × 1°13'

Equipment

90mm, f/6.3 refr. + ASI6200MM

Exposure

15x30s

Location

Chelmsford

Target name

Roman Space Te

Title

Roman Space Telescope and Falcon 9 Heavy upper stage

About this image

I got some astrometry of these two objects using a 90mm refractor and Sloan r' filter. This is at the other end of the garden to the main telescope and it has a much better southern view. I managed to get both the spacecraft and the upper stage in the same field of view. I got Sloan r' mags of 15.2 for the spacecraft and 17.5 for the upper stage.

Files associated with this observation

rst_20260904_211945_ndj.jpg (4.4 MB)
20260904_RST_ADESReport.psv (1.1 kB)

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Nigel Evans, Martina McGovern, Neil Morrison, Dominic Ford, Bill Leatherbarrow

Comments

Neil Morrison, 2026 Sep 06 - 19:21 UTC

Watched the Launch on NASA TV which went perfectly. Looking forward to getting a Xmas Card image from the Roman Space Telescope . Neil

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