I was drifting through Leo when Cartes du Ceil showed an asteroid nearby, so I stopped and took a timelapse. Loving
EAA!
Asteroid (582) Olympia. A sequence of shots centred on the asteroid (stars move). Sequence starts 12th March 22:51
UTC and ends 23:45
UTC. The central star being passed by Olympia is HD89431, visual mag. 8.9. I like the field rotation of the image.
Olympia was visual mag. 11.8 at a distance of 1.2481
au, moving at 21.6 km/s. Olympia is 44km in size.
Sequence captured with CPC 800 (
alt-az), F6.3 reducer, Hypercam 294c. 5 sec exposure, 72000 gain, 2x2 bin.No processing other than stacking to create the animated gif.
I believe you click on the image to see the animation.
EAA Observing from the Isle of Wight, UK
Telescope: Celestron CPC800, NexStar 4se -
Camera: Altair Astro Hypercam 294c PRO, ZWO ASI 533MM
Software: CPWI, SharpCap, Stellarium, TheSky, SkyChart, Starry Night 8, Aladin, ASTAP and AstroPlanner.
YouTube 'EAA with an 8-inch SCT'
https://www.youtube.com/@Xio2011