2023-08-14, 05:50 AM
(This post was last modified: 2023-08-14, 05:51 AM by Dennis.
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The skies magically cleared on the night of 13th August 2023 so I set up to record the NEO 2023 PQ. 
The Info Panel from ST4 Imaging writes that it is a 16.6 mag object.
I have included a full frame view, down sampled to 1920 with the red square showing the full res region of the inverted image, to better show the faint trail (3 x 60 sec exposures) as the NEO glided by.
At this mag and rate of orbital movement, the NEO just about sprinkled enough photons on the QHY268M camera to record this faint trail.
When I set the mount to track on the NEO, it was much more obvious as the stars trailed around it. This is a stack of 2 x 60 sec exposures. I suspect that a satellite may have passed through frame 1 of the 2 frames as this region is well away from aircraft flight paths.
Cheers
Dennis
Tak Mewlon 210 F11.5
Tak x0.8 Reducer/Flattener
QHY268M Camera
Scale: 0.725 arcseconds/pixel
2140mm F10.2
13th August 2023
Brisbane, QLD
The Info Panel from ST4 Imaging writes that it is a 16.6 mag object.
I have included a full frame view, down sampled to 1920 with the red square showing the full res region of the inverted image, to better show the faint trail (3 x 60 sec exposures) as the NEO glided by.
At this mag and rate of orbital movement, the NEO just about sprinkled enough photons on the QHY268M camera to record this faint trail.
When I set the mount to track on the NEO, it was much more obvious as the stars trailed around it. This is a stack of 2 x 60 sec exposures. I suspect that a satellite may have passed through frame 1 of the 2 frames as this region is well away from aircraft flight paths.
Cheers
Dennis
Tak Mewlon 210 F11.5
Tak x0.8 Reducer/Flattener
QHY268M Camera
Scale: 0.725 arcseconds/pixel
2140mm F10.2
13th August 2023
Brisbane, QLD
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