Close encounter of minor planet (270) Anahita with NGC 4939
On April 15th, 2023 minor planet (270) Anahita passed by galaxy NGC 4939. I captured this encounter with a remote telescope in Auberry, California. Unfortunately this was about 16 hours after the close encounter, but the minor planet is still in the field of view. To my suprise I found an other minor planet, which is the still unnamed (35954) 1999 KY15.
The image is a stack of 20 frames of 180 seconds each. The minor planets are only shown in 7 frames each, to better show the movement.
Equipment: Planewave 24" (0,61m) CDK, F=3962mm, f/6.5, FLI-PL09000 CCD camera, Mount: Planewave Ascension 200HR.
Processing with AstroPixelProcessor and Photoshop.
An animation of the movement can be found here: www.jmwill.de/deep-sky-aufnahmen.html#a2584
Close encounter of minor planet (270) Anahita with NGC 4939
On April 15th, 2023 minor planet (270) Anahita passed by galaxy NGC 4939. I captured this encounter with a remote telescope in Auberry, California. Unfortunately this was about 16 hours after the close encounter, but the minor planet is still in the field of view. To my suprise I found an other minor planet, which is the still unnamed (35954) 1999 KY15.
The image is a stack of 20 frames of 180 seconds each. The minor planets are only shown in 7 frames each, to better show the movement.
Equipment: Planewave 24" (0,61m) CDK, F=3962mm, f/6.5, FLI-PL09000 CCD camera, Mount: Planewave Ascension 200HR.
Processing with AstroPixelProcessor and Photoshop.
An animation of the movement can be found here: www.jmwill.de/deep-sky-aufnahmen.html#a2584