Asteroid Florence
Taken by Sven Melchert on August 28, 2017 @
Stuttgart, Germany
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This is close passing minor planet (3122) Florence on the evening of 28th August around 22h UT (Midnight local time). It was only 15 deg. above the horizon and hard to observe visually. I tried to catch it with the 80 mm Refractor at 380 mm focal length, did 100 images of 10 seconds with the Canon 6D at ISO 2000 and cropped the field to approx. 2 deg width. It's nice to see the asteroid heading north and I'm surprised about the colors of it's trail -- maybe due to szintillation. Florence will be much easier to see in the following days.
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