Confirmation images of Comet C/2015 V2 (JOHNSON) on 2015-11-04

The comet C/2015 V2 (JOHNSON) was discovered on 2015-11-03 by  Jess A. Johnson at the Catalina Sky Survey( MPC Code 703).  While C/2015 V2 (JOHNSON) was on the Possible Comet Confirmation Page in an effort to help in the confirmation  I obtain a total of  18-- 60 Second Luminance BIN2 Images (in two runs) on itelescope.net's   (TEL T11 0.50-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) at Mayhill, New Mexico (New Mexico Skies) - MPC H06 and created 4 stacks of  4 images with Astrometrica.

Confirmation image of Comet C/2015 V2 (JOHNSON) on 2015-11-04 05:18:08 (UTC)
4 x 60 Sec Stacked @ 0.292 "/min P.A. 13.7 MPC Code H06 using itelescope.net's
(TEL T11 0.50-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) (c) Steven M. Tilley

Confirmation image of Comet C/2015 V2 (JOHNSON) on 2015-11-04 05:23:13 (UTC)
4 x 60 Sec Stacked @ 0.292 "/min P.A. 13.7 MPC Code H06 using itelescope.net's
(TEL T11 0.50-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer)(c) Steven M. Tilley

Confirmation image of Comet C/2015 V2 (JOHNSON) on 2015-11-04 07:00:27 (UTC)
4 x 60 Sec Stacked @ 0.292 "/min P.A. 13.1 MPC Code H06 using itelescope.net's
(TEL T11 0.50-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer)(c) Steven M. Tilley

Confirmation image of Comet C/2015 V2 (JOHNSON) on 2015-11-04 07:08:00 (UTC)
4 x 60 Sec Stacked @ 0.292"/min P.A. 13.1 MPC Code H06 using itelescope.net's
(TEL T11 0.50-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer)(c) Steven M. Tilley

Other links:

•  The Discovery M.P.E.C.: PEC 2015-V44 : COMET C/2015 V2 (JOHNSON) 
• (MPC) Observations of C/2015 V2 
• JPL Orbit Diagram C/2015 V2 (Johnson)   
• New Comet: C/2015 V2 (JOHNSON)  

The Asteroid 2015 RS1 on 2015-09-13

The Asteroid 2015 RS1 (Orbit Type:Amor [NEO])
60 Second Luminance BIN2 Images taken with
 itelescope.net's
(TEL T21 0.43-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer)
Mayhill, New Mexico (New Mexico Skies) - MPC H06
 on 2015-09-13 From 03:22 to 04:11 (UTC)

(C) Steven M. Tilley Other

links:

•  (MPC) Observations of 2015 RS1  
• JPL Orbit Diagram 2015 RS1  
• Near Earth Objects Dynamic Site--2015 RS1  
• The Tracking News NEO Coordination Centre

The Asteroid 2015 NK13 on 2015-08-22

 Background

(as of 2015-08-22)

•  Object: 2015 NK13
• Approximate Diameter: 200 m - 450 m (656.168 feet to 1476.378 feet) ( Absolute Magnitude:  H= 20.6 )
•  Orbit Type:  Apollo [ PHA] 
•  On the Sentry Risk Table:  Yeas  NOTE this  is NOT a prediction of an  impact  but rather a statement there is insufficient observational data rule out  an impact -- for infomation read  Understanding Risk Pages by Jon Giorgini
• On the NEODyS CLOMON2 risk page: Yes
• First Observed  on: 2015 07 08.54226221
• First Observed  By: Pan-STARRS 1 (MPC Code F51) ,   (The Discovery M.P.E.C.: MPEC 2015-N44 : 2015 NK13)
•  Last Observed: 2015 08 22.25954
•  Data-Arc Span: 45
•  Number Oppositions : 1
•  Number of Observations Made:  178
• Next Close-Approach:  Will safely pass Earth on  2015-Sep-15 at  Nominal Distance of  0.100071028718305 AU ( 38.945 (LD)) or 9,302,183.259 miles or (14,970,412.814 KM)

Observing Run of 2015 NK13  on 2015-08-22 from Nerpio Spain

On 2015-08-22  I  ran a series of 45 -- 60 Second Luminance BIN2 Images on itelescope.net's  (TEL T18 0.32-m f/8.0 astrograph + CCD)  at AstroCamp Observatory. Nerpio, Spain  (MPC Code  I89)  and created 4 stacks of  10 images ( in one the stacks had star where 2015 NK13 should be and was not use)

Astrometrica object verification window a stack (1of 4)  of 10- 60  Second Luminance BIN2 Images taken with itelescope.net's  (TEL T18 0.32-m f/8.0 astrograph + CCD)  at AstroCamp Observatory. Nerpio, Spain  (MPC Code  I89)

 

Astrometrica object verification window a stack (2 of 4)  of 10- 60  Second Luminance BIN2 Images taken with itelescope.net's  (TEL T18 0.32-m f/8.0 astrograph + CCD)  at AstroCamp Observatory. Nerpio, Spain  (MPC Code  I89)

Astrometrica object verification window a stack (4 of 4)  of 10- 60  Second Luminance BIN2 Images taken with itelescope.net's  (TEL T18 0.32-m f/8.0 astrograph + CCD)  at AstroCamp Observatory. Nerpio, Spain  (MPC Code  I89)

 Observing Run of 2015 NK13  on 2015-08-22 from Mayhill, New Mexico

 On 2015-08-22 I was able to obtain 39-60 Second Luminance BIN2 Images on itelescope.net's (TEL T11 0.50-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) at Mayhill, New Mexico (New Mexico Skies) - MPC H06 and created 4 stacks of 9  images.

Astrometrica object verification window a stack (1 of  4)  of 9- 60  Second Luminance BIN2 Images taken with itelescope.net's  (TEL T11 0.50-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) at Mayhill, New Mexico (New Mexico Skies) - MPC H06

Astrometrica object verification window a stack (2 of 4)  of 9- 60  Second Luminance BIN2 Images taken with itelescope.net's  (TEL T11 0.50-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) at Mayhill, New Mexico (New Mexico Skies) - MPC H06

Astrometrica object verification window a stack (3 of 4)  of 9- 60  Second Luminance BIN2 Images taken with itelescope.net's  (TEL T11 0.50-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) at Mayhill, New Mexico (New Mexico Skies) - MPC H06

 

Astrometrica object verification window a stack (4 of 4)  of 9- 60  Second Luminance BIN2 Images taken with itelescope.net's  (TEL T11 0.50-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) at Mayhill, New Mexico (New Mexico Skies) - MPC H06

Other links:

• Near Earth Objects Dynamic Site--2015 NK13
• (MPC) Observations 2015 NK13 
• JPL Orbit Diagram 2015 NK13 
• NEO Earth Close Approaches (JPL)
• The Tracking News 
• NEO Coordination Centre
• JPL NEO Program Sentry
• NEODyS CLOMON2 risk pages 
• list of removed objects 
• Palermo Technical Impact Hazard Scale
• The Torino Impact Hazard Scale
• Impact Risk Assessment: An Introduction

The asteroid 2015 HD1

The asteroid 2015 HD1(Estimated  Diameter 9.2 m - 21 m) on 2015-04-21 05:58 UTC from Mayhill, New Mexico MPC code H06. This image was taken ~ 2.25 hours before Close-Approach(0.2 Lunar Distances). Image info 60 seconds Luminance bin2 -- itelescope.net's (TEL T20 0.1-m f/5.0 astrograph + CCD) (c)Steven M. Tilley

The Asteroid 2015 AZ43 On 2015-02-14 From Mayhill, New Mexico (New Mexico Skies) - MPC H06

The Near-Earth Object(Orbit type: Apollo ) 2015 AZ43 was first observed by Pan-STARRS 1 on 2015-01-11 and has been listed as a Virtual Impactor by SENTRY (JPL). 2015 AZ43 has a VERY SMALL impact risk(0.012%) for the date 2107-02-27.19. With more observations this risk could be rule out. In an effort to help improve the orbit I ran a imaging run from Mayhill, New Mexico (New Mexico Skies) - MPC H06 using itelescope.net's(TEL  T21 0.43-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) on 2015-02-14.

A Stack of 20-10 Second Luminance BIN2
Taken with Itelescope.net's
(TEL  T21 0.43-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer)
Mayhill, New Mexico (New Mexico Skies) - MPC H06

A Stack of 20-10 Second Luminance BIN2
Taken with Itelescope.net's
(TEL  T21 0.43-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer)
Mayhill, New Mexico (New Mexico Skies) - MPC H06

A Stack of 20-10 Second Luminance BIN2
Taken with Itelescope.net's
(TEL  T21 0.43-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer)
Mayhill, New Mexico (New Mexico Skies) - MPC H06

Useful links:  
Understanding Risk Pages by Jon Giorgini
 Palermo Scale   
Torino Scale   
The Tracking News   
NEODyS CLOMON2 risk page 
List of removed objects(JPL) 

Note:  At 2015-02-23 22:01 UTC  --  2015 AZ43  was removed from the JPL Sentry Risk list.

 

The Asteroid 2015 AZ43 On 2015-02-07 and 8 From Mayhill, New Mexico (New Mexico Skies) - MPC H06

 The Near-Earth Object(Orbit type: Apollo ) 2015 AZ43 was first observed by Pan-STARRS 1 on 2015-01-11 and has been listed as a Virtual Impactor by SENTRY (JPL). 2015 AZ43 has a VERY SMALL impact risk(0.017%) for the date 2107-02-27.19. With more observations this risk could be rule out. In an effort to help improve the orbit I made two imaging run from Mayhill, New Mexico (New Mexico Skies) - MPC H06 using itelescope.net's(TEL T11 0.50-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) on two nights one 2015-02-07 and the other on 2015-02-08.

see this on Flickr

Useful links:  
Understanding Risk Pages by Jon Giorgini
 Palermo Scale  
Torino Scale  
The Tracking News  
NEODyS CLOMON2 risk page
 List of removed objects(JPL) 

Note:  At 2015-02-23 22:01 UTC  --  2015 AZ43  was removed from the JPL Sentry Risk list.

 

The Asteroid 2015 AZ43 On 2015-02-06 From Mayhill, New Mexico (New Mexico Skies) - MPC H06

The Near-Earth Object(Orbit type: Apollo ) 2015 AZ43 was first observed by Pan-STARRS 1 on 2015-01-11 and has been listed as a Virtual Impactor by SENTRY (JPL). 2015 AZ43 has a VERY SMALL impact risk(0.013%) for the date 2107-02-27.19. With more observations this risk could be rule out. In an effort to help improve the orbit I made two imaging run from Mayhill, New Mexico (New Mexico Skies) - MPC H06 using itelescope.net's(TEL T11 0.50-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) on 2015-02-06.

see this on Flickr

Useful links:
Understanding Risk Pages by Jon Giorgini
Palermo Scale
Torino Scale
The Tracking News
NEODyS CLOMON2 risk page
List of removed objects(JPL) 

Note:  At 2015-02-23 22:01 UTC  --  2015 AZ43  was removed from the JPL Sentry Risk list.
 

The Asteroid (357439) = 2004 BL86 On 2015-02-03

The NEO (357439) 2004 BL86 (Orbit type: Apollo ) (estimated to be 325  meters in diameter) made a Close-Approach of 3.1 Lunar Distance on 26 January 2015.and was map with Radar Observations.


(Orbit type: Apollo ) [NEO]

38 -- 15 Second Luminance BIN1 Images

from ITelescope.Net

(T11 0.50-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer)

MPC Code H06 (Mayhill, New Mexico, USA)

2015-02-03 03:04 UTC to 03:29 UTC


(c) Steven M. Tilley
http://lagniappeobserving.blogspot.com/
Useful Links:

• Remanzacco Observatory - Comets & Neo: Close Approach of Asteroid (357439) 2004 BL86
• Updated Charts for Asteroid 2004 BL86 Earth Flyby on Jan 26, 2015 (JPL)
• Asteroid to fly by Earth safely January 26(Astronomy Magazine)
• Asteroid 2004 BL86 to sweep close on January 26(EarthSky)
• Big Asteroid 2004 BL86 Buzzes Earth on January 26: How to See it in Your Telescop(Universe Today)
• Big Asteroid to Zoom by Earth on Jan. 26(space.com)
• Asteroid to Fly By Earth Safely on January 26 (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.; January 13, 2015)
• Observations(MPC)
• Orbital Elements (JPL)
• (357439) 2004BL86 -- ESA Space Situational Awareness
• (357439) 2004BL86 Ephemerides for 25 January 2015 through 29 January(NEODyS-2)
• Goldstone Radar Observations Planning
• Goldstone Asteroid Schedule
• Planetary Radar at Arecibo Observatory
• JPL Absolute Magnitude table (H)
• Abstract for Run 3579(Caltech)
• Goldstone Solar System Radar by Marina Brozović,Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
• Wikipedia (357439) 2004 BL86

The Asteroid 2015 BW92 on 2015-01-24

The Asteroid 2015 BW92 (Orbit type: Amor) [NEO] 13 -- 30 Second Luminance Images from
ITelescope.Net (T11 0.50-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) MPC Code H06 (Mayhill, New Mexico, USA ) 2015-01-24 06:18 UTC to 06:33 UTC (c) Steven M. Tilley Lagniappe Observing Links Observations(MPC) Orbital Elements (JPL) NEODyS-2

COMET C/2012K1(PANSTARRS) on the night of 2014-06-14

COMET C/2012K1(PANSTARRS) on the night of 2014-06-14 27 -- 30 Second Luminance Images from the night of 2014-06-14 ITelescope.Net (TEL T21 0.43-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) MPC Code H06 (Mayhill, New Mexico, USA) 2014-06-15 04:21 UTC to 04:52 UTC Images (c) Steven M. Tilley

COMET C/2012K1(PANSTARRS) on the night of 2014-06-08

30 -- 60 Second Luminance Images from the night of 2014-06-08 ITelescope.Net (TEL T21 0.43-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) (Mayhill, New Mexico, USA ) 2014-06-09 04:45 UTC to 05:34 UTC Images (c) Steven M. Tilley

COMET C/2012K1(PANSTARRS) on the night of 2014-05-15

COMET C/2012K1(PANSTARRS) on the night of 2014-05-15 30 -- 30 Second Luminance Images from the night of 2014-05-15 ITelescope.Net (T11 0.50-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) MPC Code H06 (Mayhill, New Mexico, USA ) 2014-05-16 04:20 UTC to 05:05 UTC By Steven M. Tilley

Asteroid 2011 JR13

Asteroid 2011 JR13 (Orbit type:Apollo [PHA])

 Part 1: 17 -- 60 Second Luminance Images from the night of 2014-05-10 iTelescope.Net (T11 0.50-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) MPC Code H06 (Mayhill, New Mexico, USA) 2014-05-11 09:36 to 10:11 UTC Images By Steven M. Tilley

 Part 2: 5 -- 20 Second R Mag Images from the night of 2014-05-11 SLOOH.com (T2 0.35 meter f/11 Schmidt-Cassegrain) MPC Code G40 (Mt. Teide, Canary Islands, Spain) 1: 2014-05-12 04:12:31 UTC; 2: 2014-05-12 04:22:14 UTC; 3: 2014-05-12 04:43:03 UTC; 4: 2014-05-12 04:57:14 UTC; 5: 2014-05-12 05:13:01 UTC SLOOH Images Scheduled By Steven M. Tilley

Part 3:8 -- 60 Second Luminance Images from the night of 2014-05-12 iTelescope.Net (TEL T30 0.50-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) MPC Code Q62 (Siding Spring - Australia) 2014-05-12 13:22 to 13:38 UTC Images By Steven M. Tilley

Other Links:

• Goldstone Radar Observations Planning: 2011 JR13, 2013 WF108, Comet 209P/LINEAR, and 2014 JL25

• NEODyS-2

• JPL Orbit Diagram

• Observations(MPC)

• Planetary Radar at Arecibo Observatory

The Asteroid (387733) 2003 GS on the night of 2014-04-20

The Asteroid (387733) 2003 GS, 30 -- 30 Second Luminance Images from the night of 2014-04-20 iTelescope.Net (T21 0.43-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) MPC Code H06 (Mayhill, New Mexico, USA) 2014-04-21 02:42 to 03:20 UTC Images By Steven M. Tilley

COMET C/2014 E2 (JACQUES) on the night of 2014-04-17

COMET C/2014 E2 (JACQUES) 14 -- 30 Second Luminance Images from the night of 2014-04-17 ITelescope.Net (T21 0.43-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) MPC Code H06 (Mayhill, New Mexico, USA )2014-04-18 02:27 UTC to 02:56 UTC By Steven M. Tilley

COMET C/2012K1(PANSTARRS) on the night of 2014-04-17

COMET C/2012K1(PANSTARRS) on the night of 2014-04-17

PART 1: 15 -- 60 Second Luminance Images from the night of 2014-04-17 ITelescope.Net (T16 0.15-m f/7.3 refractor + CCD)MPC Code I89 (AstroCamp Observatory. Nerpio, Spain) 2014-04-18 03:07 UTC to 03:39 UTC By Steven M. Tilley

PART 2: 17 -- 30 Second Luminance Imagesfrom the night of 2014-04-17 ITelescope.Net (T21 0.43-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) MPC Code H06 (Mayhill, New Mexico, USA ) 2014-04-18 03:22 UTC to 03:58 UTC By Steven M. Tilley

The Asteroid (387733) 2003 GS during the total lunar eclipse of 2014-04-15.

The Asteroid (387733) 2003 GS during the total lunar eclipse of 2014-04-15. The idea was to take advantage of the total lunar eclipse get useful images of a "desirable" NEO. The moon position was within 25 degrees from the imaging target ((387733) 2003 GS).... if this was a "normal" full moon It would have mostly likely been too "close" to get "good" Images.

The Asteroid (387733) 2003 GS Classification: Aten [NEO] 60 -- 30 Second Luminance Images from the night of 2014-04-14 iTelescope.Net (T21 0.43-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) MPC Code H06 (Mayhill, New Mexico, USA)2014-04-15 07:28 to 08:33 UTC Images By Steven M. Tilley

The Asteroid (387733) 2003 GS on the night of 2014-04-05

The Asteroid (387733) 2003 GS Classification: Aten [NEO] 14 -- 30 Second Luminance Images from the night of 2014-04-05 iTelescope.Net (T21 0.43-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) MPC Code H06 (Mayhill, New Mexico, USA) 2014-04-06 05:08 to 05:28 UTC Images By Steven M. Tilley

Other links:
 Orbital Elements (JPL)
NHATS Object/Trajectory Details
Observations(MPC)
NEODyS

COMET C2014 E2 (JACQUES) on the night of 2014-04-03

COMET C/2014 E2 (JACQUES) on the night of 2014-04-03, 30 -- 30 Second Luminance Images From ITelescope Net Telescope T21 (0.43-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) MPC Code H06 (Mayhill, New Mexico, USA) 2014-04-04 02:59 UTC to 03:36 UTC By Steven M. Tilley

M31

M31

 

Imaging telescopes or lenses: Takahashi FSQ-106ED

Imaging cameras: SBIG STL-11000M

Resolution: 1336x890

Dates: Sept. 27, 2013, Sept. 28, 2013, Nov. 6, 2013, Dec. 2, 2013, Dec. 22, 2013

Locations: iTelescope.Net - New Mexico

Frames:
B: 15x60" bin 1x1
G: 15x60" bin 1x1
L: 5x100" bin 1x1
L: 60x60" bin 1x1
R: 15x60" bin 1x1

Integration: 1.9 hours

Avg. Moon age: 18.98 days

Avg. Moon phase: 37.05%

RA center: 10.669 degrees

DEC center: 41.281 degrees

Pixel scale: 10.493 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: -89.992 degrees

Field radius: 2.340 degrees