Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4564  ·  NGC 4567  ·  NGC 4568
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Asteroid 31062 1996 TP10 and Supernova 2020fqv, Maarten Rolefes
Asteroid 31062 1996 TP10 and Supernova 2020fqv
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Asteroid 31062 1996 TP10 and Supernova 2020fqv

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Asteroid 31062 1996 TP10 and Supernova 2020fqv, Maarten Rolefes
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Asteroid 31062 1996 TP10 and Supernova 2020fqv

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During my imaging session I occasionally ‘blink’ through the images to monitor the quality. The same I did on the Siamese Twins data. Straight away I noticed that next to NGC 4564, an elliptical Galaxy at a distance of approximate 57 million lightyears, a ‘star’ moving past it. Of course, a star moving rapidly through the field is more likely a satellite or an asteroid in our own solar system. However, the software didn’t show anything on that exact spot, at that exact time. This made me even more curious.

And like that wasn't enough, it seemed I also managed to capture Supernova 2020fqv in NGC 4568 (part of the Siamese Twins). Annotated in the image.

So how did I identify an object that doesn’t show up in any (regular) software?

Read everything about it on my blog; https://maartenrolefes.wixsite.com/blog/post/asteroid-hunter

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Description: Identification of the Asteroid in Astrometrica.

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