2-hour video of asteroid 2024MK
Image Title: 2-hour video of asteroid 2024MK
Copyright: Copyright: Robert J. Hamers
Date image was taken: June 30, 2024
Location: Madison.wi
Image Description and Details: This is a video made from a set of 387 images of the asteroid 2024 MK on the night of June 29-30. Each exposure is 8 seconds duration, and the 25-second video captures about 2 hours of real time. During this time the asteroid moves some, and so it appears worm-like in the images.
Equipment Details: Takahashi TSA-120 refractor, Chroma luminance filter, Zwo ASI6200MM Pro full-frame camera, iOptron CEM70 mount. Sharpcap for image acquisition with Ph.D. guiding. Images were calibrated, star-aligned, then comet-aligned, using Pixinsight. The stack was then cropped, contrast-adjusted, and finally made into an MPEG using ffmpeg.
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