Vesta

I managed to image Vesta, the second largest and brightest asteroid. From my backyard it just looks like a star, but it was right where my charts said it should be. If it’s clear tomorrow I’ll image it again to show its movement.

Even thought it was a little cloudy, my images show stars down to almost magnitude 13. These images link to larger versions.

A chart of the same region from Xephem:

February 28, 2006
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