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17580 - 1994 VV

17580 - 1994 VV
17580 - 1994 VV
Zoomglass
clock 2023-09-08 0 comment(s)

Quote I came home from Sweden (vacation) this very day and the weather forecast showed it would be several nights without any clouds, and quite warm nights as well, even though it was almost mid September. I got a total of three nights of amazing starry skies with no moon. During these three nights, I got loads of experience with the AsiAir, and even got so confident about it that I configured it do a full set of exposures while I was sleeping (even though I still went to bed well past midnight during these three nights). This particular photo shows the Asteroid (17580) 1994 VV, which at the time of image was taken, had an apparent magnitude of 18.2, which is a new record for me (together with 13003 Dickbeasly). It's quite amazing how deep/dim you can go with a very modest 71mm refractor from a city. Quote

Date: 2023-09-08 / 20:49:15 UTC
Location: Munich, Germany
Temperature: 15 °C
Telescope: William-Optics ZenithStar 71ED
Camera: ZWO 533MM Pro (main) + ZWO 178MM (guiding)
ISO: 101
Mount: Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro Synscan controlled with ZWO ASIAIR Plus
Exposure time: 120 X 60 sec
Reducer/flattener: William-Optics 0.8X reducer/flattener (P-FLAT-F6)
Other info: Calibrated with darks and flats. Guided with ZWO 178mm and 50mm guidescope. Main camera cooled to -10 C. This image is a crop of the complete image.
Processing: Used Tycho Tracker 10.8

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