The principal investigator on the project I'm taking light curve data on asteroid Kleopatra for has some time on one of the Keck scopes and he just sent me some images he got of Kleopatra and another asteroid called Hermione. They're not fully processed but he gave me permission to post them as is. Looking at Kleopatra's image I can see why it changes magnitude by nearly a full magnitude. With its dog bone shape when it's seen end on there's very little surface to reflect light whereas once it turns sideways it brightens up considerably. http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/kleopatra.jpg And note the image scale on this one. Just goes to show what one can do when imaging with 10 meters of aperture. http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/hermione.jpg Suddenly the Big Scope at SPOC doesn't seem quite so big anymore... :) Speaking of SPOC, remember there's a public star party there tonight. Clear skies! (please) patrick