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RE: 2018 FE4 - PMSchu - 2022-09-28
Well No Joy capturing 2018 FE4 with the iTelescopes. T19 had a camera malfunction & captured no images & T21 captured 9 images then the roof closed, ending the observing run
. I didn't see any signs of the MP in the .jpg images that were provided. The scope was set to track the MP, so all of the stars were trailed on T21. I tried to set T19 to run with tracking on & off, but that didn't work out.I'll post an image, if I can get a decent one. At least it wasn't cloudy this time
.Phil S.
Edit: Heard from the folks at iTelescope that the malfunction that occurred on my run on T19 was the only error found out of ~60 that they looked at. Figures.
RE: 2018 FE4 - Dennis - 2022-10-01
Hi Phil
Friday night 29th Sept 2022 in Brisbane was clear (yay
) so I dusted off the Mewlon 210 and pointed it at 2018 FE4 but no luck. At m18.9 and moving it didn't register.I did manage to grab the trail of 2000 JA13 (mag 17.1) and ST4 also showed that 7845 Mckim (mag 18.7) was also in the field but again no luck.
I guess that 1 out of 3 isn't too shabby eh? I identified some stars down to mag 19 in the field. I grabbed 10x90 sec frames from 11:08-11:22 PM AEST (13:08-13:22 UTC).
I have marked the ST4 positions with red circles for the 2 NEO's that I didn't get.
Cheers
Dennis
RE: 2018 FE4 - PMSchu - 2022-10-01
Congratulations, Dennis at least you got one. 17.1 magnitude with a 90 sec exposure.
I still haven't examined mine.
Phil S.
RE: 2018 FE4 - bigmasterdrago - 2022-10-05
Definitely nice work!
RE: 2018 FE4 - Dennis - 2022-10-05
Thanks Phil and BMD, I appreciate your comments. I did try to track on 2018 FE4 (180 sec exposures) but the star trails were small sinusoidal squiggles rather than straight lines this time, compared to my last effort.
I think that I had PEC "Enabled" so maybe the Periodic Error Corrections were fighting with the NEO Tracking, something to investigate on my next clear night.
Thanks again guys, you bring a wealth of knowledge with your posts, I am in awe.
Cheers
Dennis