Lagniappe Observing

Feb 11, 2015

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.

Feb 7, 2015

The Carina Nebula (NGC 3372)--A work in progress with more progress

Just for kicks I am trying to image something "outside" our solar system. Today(2015-02-07) I added more data to the image.

35-60 seconds Luminance BIN1
17-60 seconds Red BIN2
17-60 seconds Green BIN2
17-60 seconds Blue BIN2
Combine Mean image stacking

35-60 seconds Luminance BIN1
17-60 seconds Red BIN2
17-60 seconds Green BIN2
17-60 seconds Blue BIN2
Combine Median image stacking

35-60 seconds Luminance BIN1
17-60 seconds Red BIN2
17-60 seconds Green BIN2
17-60 seconds Blue BIN2
Combine Sum image stacking

Feb 6, 2015

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

Feb 4, 2015

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/
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Feb 1, 2015

The Carina Nebula (NGC 3372)--A work in progress

Just for kicks I am trying to image something "outside" our solar system


The Carina Nebula (NGC 3372)--A work in progress 10-60 seconds Luminance BIN1 5-60 seconds Red BIN2 5-60 seconds Green BIN2 5-60 seconds Blue BIN2

I am still work on i...

Jan 25, 2015

The Asteroid (357439) = 2004 BL86 On 2015-01-25

The NEO (357439) 2004 BL86 (Orbit type: Apollo ) (estimated to be 440–1000 meters in diameter) will safely make a Close-Approach of 3.1 Lunar Distance on 26 January 2015. This will be the closest known Approach by something this large (H = 19.0) until 2027, and will briefly peak at around apparent magnitude 9.0 It has been schedule for Goldstone Observations(2015 Jan 27-Feb 1).
The Asteroid (357439) = 2004 BL86 On 2015-01-25
from Siding Spring Observatory,Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia.(MPC Code Q62)
100 -- 5 Second Luminance BIN1
taken with iTelescope Net's
Telescope T31
2015-01-25 10:36 UTC to 11:20 UT

Object verification windows done with Astrometrica

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

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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

Jan 23, 2015

Imaging Run on (357439) 2004 BL86 from MPC Q62 Plan for 2015-01-24

On the (2015-01-24) starting at 10:50 UTC, I plan to be imaging (357439) 2004 BL86 from Siding Spring, Australia (MPC Q62) [itelescope.net] on (TEL T30 0.50-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) I will be taking 5 Second Luminance BIN1 Images and hope to get up to 100 of (357439) 2004 BL86.

Background

The NEO (357439) 2004 BL86 (Orbit type: Apollo ) (estimated to be 440–1000 meters in diameter) will safely make a Close-Approach of 3.1 Lunar Distance on 26 January 2015. This will be the closest known Approach by something this large (H = 19.0) until 2027, and will briefly peak at around apparent magnitude 9.0 It has been schedule for Goldstone Observations(2015 Jan 27-Feb 1).

Videos from past runs on (357439) 2004 BL86:

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