Hi Dion, On 12 Sep 2012, at 07:41, Dion Davidson wrote:
Patrick Amazing work. How did you manage to shoot, process, animate, upload, email - all before sunrise? Thanks for posting Dion
Given the right equipment and software it's really not that hard. Shooting the pictures took the most time. Processing took maybe 2 or 3 minutes (data image process much more easily and quickly than "pretty" pictures). Animation was maybe 5 minutes. Uploading maybe another 3 or 4 minutes. Cheers, patrick
_______________________________ From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> To: utah astronomy listserve utah astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 3:04 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] 2012 QG42 is on approach
Newly discovered minor planet 2012 QG42 will be passing within about 2,840,000 km of Earth in a couple of days but it's already bright enough at magnitude 14 or so to be an easy target for many astroimagers here in Utah.
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2012QG42.JPG
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2012QG42.GIF (~11 MB)
I shot the images through a red filter this morning (12 September) between 0526 and 0607 UT when 2012 QG42 was about 3,441,000 km out and moving across the sky at 35"/min. FOV of the image is 18 x 26 arc minutes.
Closest approach is tomorrow night into Friday morning.
To get observing data go to http://www.minorplanetcenter.org/iau/MPEph/MPEph.html and enter 2012 QG42 in the search box. You can enter your longitude, latitude and altitude or if you're in northern Utah you can just enter my observatory code 718.
Clear skies,
patrick