I decided to not post the stills as they're not much to look at. But I did post a couple of animations that will eventually migrate to my album on the SLAS Gallery but for now they're on my personal server. First is a series of 30 15" exposures tracking on the target between 07:18:16 and 07:27:29 UTC: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2010AL30.2.GIF And here is a series of 75 1" exposures tracking at normal sidereal rate between 06:38:42 and 06:44:25 UTC: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2010AL75.2.GIF Note that in the second one the target is pretty faint (not surprising for 1" exposures) so you have to look close to see it as it moves from left to right. FOV is about 18' x 26'. I love my ME, :) patrick On 13 Jan 2010, at 00:26, Patrick Wiggins wrote:
I just heard back from Kevin at Bryce with the dates of my programs there this year. As always, anyone who'd care to bring a telescope for the star party will be admitted to the park free and given a free camp site (let me know if you'd like to participate).
Since these programs are held for the public they always have a Moon in the evening.
20 May 17 June 15 July 12 August (Perseids) 09 September 14 October
Also, as some of you already know there's a minor planet passing near us today, about 1/3 the distance to the Moon. I'm getting a series of images of it and hope to post some stills tonight and will try to post a couple of animations soon (anyone care to help with assembling the animations?).
patrick