4 Vesta
Taken by Uğur İkizler on December 20, 2023 @
Mudanya - Bursa - Turkiye
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Vesta's period is 3.63 years and its average orbital speed is 19.34 km/sec. Vesta, which can be seen within the borders of the Orion constellation these days, will pass perihelion (closest distance to the Sun) on 13.08.2025, while its distance from the Sun will be 2,152 AU (322.8 million km.).
The distance from Earth when the photo was taken was 1,581 AU (237.15 million km.). It is at its closest distance to the Earth on 22.12.2023 (today). Its distance from us is 236.4 million km.
The photo was taken between 23:27 - 06:44 with a 45-second exposure time, with 4-minute breaks. Vesta trace obtained as a result of combining a wide angle photo of a total of 91 frames. The other photograph was obtained by combining 10 frames taken at 45 minute intervals with a 45 second exposure time.
Photo: Uğur İKİZLER
Date: 19.12.2023 – 20.12.2023
Time: 23:27 - 06:44
Location: Mudanya - Bursa 40.36023 ° N - 28.90191 ° E
Optics (Imaging): Handmade Newton telescope 150 mm f/4.57
TeleVue Paracorr Coma Corrector
Swaddle: Handmade swaddle
Camera (Imaging): Canon EOS 6D Full Spectrum Modified
Automatic tracking: PHD, Bower mirror lens 500 mm f/6.3- ZWO ASI 120 MC-S
ISO: 3200
Exposure: Light 91 x 45 sec. – Dark 30 – Flat 20 – Bias 25
Software: PixInsight 1.8, Photoshop CC 2015
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