Archivo: 624Hektor-LB1-mag15

Descripción: 8 minute exposure of Jupiter Trojan 624 Hektor with a 24" telescope. Hektor is apparent magnitude 15.0 in this image taken at 2009-09-29 10:00 UT. The bright star blooming above asteroid Hektor is TYC 2351-444-1 at magnitude 9.9 (about the limit of typical 50mm binoculars). The star on the right of the bloom that is comparable to Hektor is magnitude 14.8. The star to the far lower left of Hektor (showing very mild blooming) is magnitude 12.7.
Título: 624Hektor-LB1-mag15
Créditos: This image was taken by Kevin Heider using LB-001 at LightBuckets in Rodeo, NM Raw image from telescope Use Wikisky and enter coordinates 03 08 02.54 +37 17 04.2 to locate this region of the sky. Skyview (NASA Virtual Telescope) website / Skyview image (centered on where 624 Hektor is on the wiki-photo)
Autor(a): Kevin Heider @ LightBuckets
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