Horsehead Nebula- IC434 The Horsehead Nebula (IC434) is located in a the constellation of Orion at the end of Orion’s Belt, near the bright star Alnitak. It is … Continue reading
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Asteroid (111253) 2001 XU10 Asteroid (111253) 2001 XU10 is an Apollo class asteroid, name for the first asteroid discovered in this class (01862) Apollo. This class of asteroids are Eartth crossers which means thay can pass very close to Earth … Continue reading
Asteroid (136108) Haumea Asteroid (136108) Haumea was imaged and measured at TDO on May 16,2017. (136108) Haumea is a dwarf planet, in the plutoid class, discovered in 2004 at Palomar Observatory. Two small moons were found to be orbiting Haumea … Continue reading
Asteroid (7194) Susanrose Here is an image of one of the asteroids I measured while conducting my asteroid astrometry program on May 15th. The images used to derive the measurements, shown at the lower right in the photo, consisted of … Continue reading
M42- First Light image inside Transit Dreams Observatory This image of the Great Orion Nebula was captured as a test of the pointing and tracking of the MX+ mount. It’s a combined total of 15.5 minutes exposure in LRGB. ES127 … Continue reading