Asteroids (481) Emita, (363) Padua, (425) Cornelia, & (1277) Dolores 12-18-23 (GIF)

Hour-long animation of four asteroids captured with an Orion ST-80 telescope and ZWO ASI482MC camera. V magnitudes shown were predicted magnitudes from the Minor PLanet Center (MPC).

Observation Details
December 18, 2023 04:53:41-05:59:27 UT
Seeing: Fair Transparency: Good Sky Condition: Bortle 7
Location: Edmond, Oklahoma USA

Image Details
69-minute time-lapse animation.
12 images, each a stack of 6 @ 60 seconds (total integration per image 360 seconds/ 6 minutes).
Gain 250
FOV:
78.8’ x 49.3’ (1.3°x 0.82°); 800x500.
Cropped and resized from original 1920×1080, 98.5’x55.4’ / 1.64°x 0.92°; original scale 3.08 “/pixel.
North up. East left.

Equipment
Telescope: Orion ST-80 (80 mm f/5) + Orion Field Flattener + Baader Fringe Killer Filter
Camera: ZWO ASI482MC
Guide Scope: SVBONY SV165 (30 mm f/4)
Mount: Celestron CGEM

Image Capture & Processing
Capture: SharpCap Pro
Guiding: PHD2
Process: Deep Sky Stacker, GIMP

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