Posting all 76 images in a single file seemed a bit much so I zipped them into two files, images with even numbers in one and odd in the other. Each zip file is about 12 MB. Download only one zip file if all you want is every other image. Download both if you want them all. http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/EVEN.ZIP http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/ODD.ZIP Miscellaneous data: Telescope: C-14 @ f/11 (3,900mm focal length) Camera: ST-10XME binned 3x3 and cooled to -10, clear filter, unguided Date/Time: 2009 JAN 14, 0514 to 0547 UT No copyright but if you post any of the images please credit "Patrick Wiggins". Carpe Noctem! patrick On 13 Jan 2009, at 22:33, Patrick Wiggins wrote:
Thanks for the heads up Kurt.
I'm shooting a series of 10" exposures as it crosses my camera's 9' x 13' FOV.
Here are three of the raw (unprocessed) images that I converted from FIT to JPG. Blink them and you'll see the craft move.
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/STARDUST01.ZIP
Once I finish shooting the series and get them processed I'll post the lot and see if some enterprising person out there cares to turn them into a "movie" (I'm not sure I know how to do that).
patrick
On 13 Jan 2009, at 19:02, Canopus56 wrote:
NASA's Stardust spacecraft with streak by the Earth tonight in a gravity assist pass at between 420,000-300,000km. I have low reliability report it may be mag 10. Empheris below. -I'm not planning on chasing this one myself, but here are the numbers. - Kurt
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/stardust/main/index.html
Date Time Moon_up RA DEC Alt Az Dist kilo Const 2009-Jan-14 02:00 05 49 19.94 +36 03 32.7 77.4 46.8 4.2E+05 Aur 2009-Jan-14 03:00 05 48 33.38 +36 17 17.2 84.7 58.3 4.0E+05 Aur 2009-Jan-14 04:00 m 05 47 30.82 +36 31 24.6 93.9 69.9 3.7E+05 Aur 2009-Jan-14 05:00 m 05 46 12.51 +36 45 40.7 114.4 81.3 3.5E+05 Aur 2009-Jan-14 06:00 m 05 44 39.39 +36 59 54.5 231.1 84.2 3.3E+05 Aur 2009-Jan-14 07:00 m 05 42 53.10 +37 14 01.0 264.7 73.2 3.0E+05 Aur 2009-Jan-14 08:00 m 05 40 55.74 +37 28 04.5 275.4 61.5 2.8E+05 Aur 2009-Jan-14 09:00 m 05 38 49.72 +37 42 22.0 283.2 50.0 2.6E+05 Aur
Ephemeris is from JPL Horizons http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi
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Ephemeris Type [change] : OBSERVER Target Body [change] : Stardust (bus) Spacecraft (NExT) [-29] Observer Location [change] : Salt Lake City, UT ( 111°53'27.6''W, 40°45'23.0''N ) Time Span [change] : Start=2009-01-14 01:00 UT, Stop=2009-01-15, Step=1 h Table Settings [change] : QUANTITIES=1,4,20,29; range units=KM Display/Output [change] : default (formatted HTML)