Asteroid (4259) McCoy (GIF) 12-18-23

Very quickly done blink animation. Mostly as live-stacked at the telescope. Only post processing: some curves and light gaussian blur.
One hour animation. Two images. Each a stack of 6 at 60 seconds.

(4259) McCoy is a 6-mile wide chunk of rock. At the time of this animation, it was 173 million miles from Earth.

December 18, 2023
04:53:41-05:59:27 UT
Telescope: Orion ST-80 (80 mm f/5)
Camera: ZWO ASI482MC

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