| Date/Location |
February 12, 2012 KEASA Observtory, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii |
| Camera and Settings |
SBIG ST-2000XCM CCD Camera -10°C |
| Telescope |
Stellarvue SV102 102 mm f/6.3 apochromatic refractor |
| Mount |
Orion Atlas |
| Exposure |
50 minutes |
| Processing |
CCDOpts, Images Plus 3.0, Photoshop |
| Other |
The asteroid Eros moves through the constellation Hydra 13 days after closest approach to Earth. The asteriod is around magnitude 9 and was 17.4 miliion miles away during this image. The brightest star in the filed of view is HD89100 mag 8.5. |
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