Observation by Nick James: Roman Space Telescope flare

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2026 Sep 08 - 22:15

Uploaded

2026 Sep 11 - 22:26

Equipment

90mm, f/6.2 refr. + ASI6200MM

Exposure

3x5x60s

Location

Chelmsford

Target name

2026-199A (NGRST)

Title

Roman Space Telescope flare

About this image

This is three stacks of 5x60s showing the significant short-term magnitude variations of NGRST. See also Nigel Evans's observations here. In one frame it was as bright as mag 13.8 (Sloan r') even though it is 850,000 km away. I assume that these must be specular glints off the spacecraft.

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