Hi Patrick, Excellent animation! Were you trying/able to observe the brightening? I thought that was supposed to be a bit earlier - around 1150 - 1215 UTC? I suspect that the weather won't cooperate for the event tomorrow (0900 - 0925 UTC). Clear skies, Dale. -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Wiggins Patrick Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 6:52 AM To: Astronomy Utah Cc: Wiggins Patrick Subject: [Utah-astronomy] GAIA imaged at L2 Here is an animated GIF of 6 images I took at 5 minute intervals between 1227 and 1252 UT today (2014 FEB 26). FOV is about 18x28 arc minutes. The relatively bright (mag 14.1) star just to the lower left of center is GSC 1413:453 located at 09h 46m 32s +17° 33' 43". North is up, east to the left. Distance was about 1.436 million km. MPC shows no minor planets that bright in that area so I'm pretty sure the moving object is GAIA but I'm awaiting confirmation. http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/gaia2014feb26.gif Note that this is a temporary location. If he moving object does turn out to be GAIA I will move the images to my album on the SLAS Gallery. patrick _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".