Asteroid (234) Barbara 07-23-23 (GIF)

Asteroid (234) Barbara. Field of view of approximately 30×18 arcminutes.

Date/Time: July 23, 2023 05:08:42-06:41:17 UT
Location: Edmond, Oklahoma USA
Seeing: Fair; Transparency: Fair; Sky Brightness: Bortle 7
Length: 1.5 hour (98 minutes) time-lapse animation.
Image Capture: 19 images, each a stack of 10 @ 30 seconds (total 300 sec per image). Gain 250.
Orientation: North up. East left. Up is 1.3 degrees E of N
Telescope: Celestron C8 (203mm SCT f/10) operating at f/5.8 (Celestron f/6.3 Focal Reducer/Flattener + 128.5 mm spacers)
Camera: ZWO ASI482MC
Capture: SharpCap Pro
Guiding: PhD2
Processing: Deep Sky Stacker, GIMP
Plate Solve: Astrometry.net

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