Dwarf Planet (136472) Makemake 03-04-23 GIF

March 4, 2023 05:28:01-09:28:25 UT
Seeing: Fair Transparency: Fair
Moon 90%, very bright, waxing gibbous, 63° from target object.
Two image animation. Images approximately 4 hours apart.
Each image is stack of 10 frames at 900 sec (900 sec), gain 200.
Image mid frame times: 05:35:26 & 09:20:55 UT
Orientation: North is up. East is left.
Field of View: 32.6 x 18.3 arcminutes
MPC predicted Vmag: 17.1 Measured Vmag: 17.3
Captured with SharpCap
Processed with DeepSkyStacker, GIMP, Astrometrica.
Telescope: Celestron C8 (203mm SCT f/10) operating at f/5.8 (using Celestron f/6.3 focal reducer/flattener + 128.5 mm spacers)
Camera: ZWO ASI482MC
Mount: Celestron CGEM

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