Re: [APML] Object Identification Challange

["Keith Geary" <keithg1@eircom.net>]

Jay, What about this for a try? It's a check for minor planets which those
hunting supernova can use, it's maybe worth a try if you know the
coordinates. Good Luck

http://scully.harvard.edu/~cgi/CheckSN

Keith..
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay E. Potts" <jpotts@americanfocus.com>
To: "'Discussion of Film Astrophotography'" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 8:12 PM
Subject: [APML] Object Identification Challange


> A friend, who is just starting to learn the basics of astrophotography,
presented three
> images last week at one of our Astrophoto SIG meetings. The images
revealed a moving
> object in the constellation Orion during the evening of Feb 26th 2005.
Approx. Lat 47D-10M
> N, 120D-51M W (Cle Elum, WA).
>
> She was taking some quick piggy back shots using a 50mm lens, but was
using an alt-azm
> mount so exposure length was limited and field rotation is significant.
>
> In any event, she captured an object moving roughly from the direction of
the sun past the
> earth at a rate of speed that suggests perhaps it was a near earth
asteroid.
>
> The link below shows a greatly cropped three frame animation with exposure
lengths between
> 2 and 3 minutes. The object clearly is moving fast, and changing in
brightness quickly.
>
> Because resolution is poor, I've had no luck getting an imagelink in
TheSky to work, and I
> don't think PinPoint would have a chance at extracting decent astrometric
measurements. A
> quick search in TheSky does not show any minor planets in the area that
are remotely this
> bright. (Most are between 18-20th mag).
>
> So, I post this to see if anyone has an idea how to determine if this is a
known object, a
> new object, or can suggest a way to get at least a rough astrometric
measurement.
>
> Sort'of an interesting challenge. <g>
>
> http://www.whirlpoolgalaxy.com/temp/maxine_nagel_unknown123_labels.gif
>
> ~ Jay E. Potts
> http://www.whirlpoolgalaxy.com (Astrophotography)
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