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Mag +18.2 asteroid (9241) Rosfranklin animation, Pam Whitfield

Mag +18.2 asteroid (9241) Rosfranklin animation

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Went after my first asteroid and being a glutton for punishment it wasn't an easy one.....
(9241) Rosfranklin is named after the crystallographer Rosalind Franklin and seeing how it's my own field it seemed appropriate. Magnitude +18.2 makes it a bit less appropriate given my sky to the South but nothing ventured nothing gained.
I managed to get 18 300s luminance subs in gaps in high cloud - the asteroid was detectable in three of them. These are the three used to make this animation.

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