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Image taken by William Clugston

William Clugston's image of Vesta
Fig 1: Here's a stacked image of Vesta over a 90 minute (approx!) period. No calibration frames, but I'll see what I can do this coming week. The photos (3 frames) where taken through the Rent-a-Scope service located in Mayhill, NM. Until I can get away from my backyard I'll need to rely on their telescopes -- to many trees in the southerly direction!
 

Image Parameter Details
Image Date (UTC): 2007-06-08
Image Time (UTC): 04:29 (first)
Exposure: 3 x 30 sec, binned 2x2; the first 2 were approx 30 minutes apart, the last one was closer to 45 minutes from the 2nd
Filter:
Field of View: ~23x13 arcmin
Observing Site: Mayhill, NM
Observing Equipment: Takahashi TOA-150, 852.6mm FL f/5.68
SBIG STL-11000 ABG
Digital Processing: Just a little Photoshop tweaking to clean-up noise and levels.
Comments: Vesta must really be cruising! This is a very wide-field scope and camera. I was expected just an elongated dot.

Table 1: Data about image.
 

Updated: 30-Jul-2013