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Asteroid 1999 RM45 flyby video, Freestar8n

Asteroid 1999 RM45 flyby video

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Description

Flyby of asteroid 1999 RM45 on Feb 28, 2021 from 11:10 to 12:05 UT.

The field here is 11x8 arc-min and the mount is roughly tracking its fast motion, but some drift remains. The asteroid was moving about 30' per hour at the time. The flickering is due to passing clouds.

Captured with 10s exposures using EdgeHD11 f/10 with ASI1600MPro. Acquired with binning x2 and further reduced x2 to about 1" per pixel in the final gif animation.

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