Gallery: Vesta
Image taken by William Clugston
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.