Gallery: Vesta
Image taken by Mike Holloway
Fig 1: Click on image to get full size.
| Image Parameter | Details |
| Image Date (UTC): | 2007-10-20 2007-10-21 2007-10-22 |
| Image Time (UTC): | 00:46 00:33 00:25 |
| Exposure: | 6x30s ea of RGB ea night |
| Filter: | RGB |
| Field of View: | |
| Observing Site: | Holloway Comet Observatory
Van Buren, AR W 94.25 N 35.32 elev 890 ft |
| Observing Equipment: | 5" f/5.2 660mm TV127is Refractor
SBIG ST10 XMEI ccd |
| Digital Processing: | images acquired with CCDSoft V5Aligned and combined with CCDSoft and Photoshop CS2Finished processing with Photoshop CS2 and Neat ImageAnimation created with Gif Construction Set |
| Comments: | All images of the animation are composed of only RGB filtered images. No luminous images were used to reduce the chip bleeding. 6x30 second exposures (9 minutes total) each of RGB were used for the background and the image of Vesta. This was repeated each night.
M8 was created with an average combine of images with stack on the stars and the asteroid Vesta was created using a median combine with stack on the asteroid. Having the three nights all appear the same in color and levels and make a smooth animation was time consuming but well worth the effort. |
Table 1: Data about image.