Asteroid 1999 CK46 Passing the Sombrero Galaxy
31-Mar-2016
While looking through the data captured of the Sombrero Galaxy, I discovered an object slowly moving through the field of view. I have identified the object as main belt asteroid 1999 CK46, magnitude 17.4.
Orbit:
Image:
- 29x 240s Luminance bin2x2 + 25 flat + 40x dark + 120x bias
Total exposure time: 2 hours 34 minutes.
Hardware:
- Celestron EdgeHD 1100
- Skywatcher EQ8 Pro mount
- QSI 683-ws Camera @ -15°C
- Astronomik Type 2c luminance filter
- Orion StarShoot Autoguider
- Innovations Foresight On Axis Guider
- Starlight Xpress Adaptive Optics
Location:
- Orange zone in Brisbane, Australia. (Bortle 7)
- Average seeing + 60% moon phase (waning gibbous).
Software:
- Captured with AstroArt 6
- Guiding with PHD2 + PHD_Dither
- CCDInspector: Image analysis & rejection
- CCDStack 2+: Calibrate, align, normalize.
- Astro Tortilla: Plate solving.
- Aladin 9: Planning, astrometry.
- Photoshop CC: Labels, crosshair, animation.