Wow! That thing really is moving. Alas, another thing moving is a bunch of clouds that's currently blocking my view. :) On 26 Jan 2015, at 23:46, Dion Davidson via Utah-Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
Here is my attempt at an animation.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY12AeA9rPg&feature=youtu.be
I set up my Nikon D7000 riding piggy back on my clock-drive Meade 2120 with a 55-20mm kit lens at about 120mm pointed at M44. I took one 8 second exposure every minute at ISO 1600 f/4.8 and combined them in Premiere for this video. I didn't take the time to stabilize the images (or align them) - you can see the wobble in my setup. I never did see this thing with my eyeball - I didn't know which dot was the asteroid in the eyepiece. But it's obvious in the timelapse video! Dion
On Monday, January 26, 2015 10:58 PM, Dion Davidson via Utah-Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
Beautiful images! Nice capture. Amazing detail.I'm working on my own animation now but from a wider field of view. (DSLR riding piggy back on the clock-drive telescope.)Dion
On Monday, January 26, 2015 8:39 PM, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
Wow, it got a lot closer than originally predicted!
On Jan 26, 2015 8:21 PM, "Wiggins Patrick" <paw@getbeehive.net> wrote:
2004 BL86 just barely cleared my roof