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The Pleiades - M45 - With a delicate touch of Ha, Miguel T.
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The Pleiades - M45 - With a delicate touch of Ha

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A small and faint asteroid (1998 FN55) passed near Merope while taking my 10s exposures and caught my attention by leaving a rainbow streak in the final stack.


Trajectory start:
2023-11-21T05:07:39 (UTC)
RA: 3 46 34.458
DEC +23 58 31.98

Trajectory end:
2023-11-21T06:12:32 (UTC)
RA: 3 46 30.932
DEC +23 58 32.54

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The Pleiades - M45 - With a delicate touch of Ha, Miguel T.