Asteroid 2000 AJ129 Passing NGC5921 - Adam Lundie - Eatons Hill Observatory

Asteroid 2000 AJ129 Passing NGC5921

07-Jun-2018
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Asteroid 2000 AJ129 Passing NGC5921
While looking through the data captured of NGC 5921, I discovered a very dim object slowly moving through the field of view. The object has been identified as main belt asteroid 2000 AJ129, magnitude 15.

Orbit:
orbit

Image:

  • 28x 450s Luminance

Total integration 3 hours 30 minutes.

Hardware:

  • Celestron EdgeHD 1100
  • SkyWatcher EQ8 Pro Mount
  • QSI 683-wsg Camera @ -15°C
  • Astronomik Typ 2c luminance filter
  • Starlight Xpress Lodestar II guide camera
  • Innovations Foresight On Axis Guider
  • Starlight Xpress Active Optics

Location:

  • Orange zone in Brisbane, Australia. (Bortle 7)
  • New moon phase.

Software:

  • Captured with AstroArt 6
  • Guiding with PHD2 + PHD_Dither
  • CCDInspector: Image analysis & rejection
  • CCDStack 2+: Calibrate, align
  • TheSkyX Professional: Plate solving.
  • Aladin 9: Astrometry.
  • Photoshop CC: Labels, cross hair, animation.

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