2010 RF12 animation frozen on asteroid

2010 RF12 (Virtual Impactor)

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The trail of the asteroid is arranged from twelfe stacked 8 x 30 seconds exposures, image processing with Framework

Virtual Impactor 2010 RF12 � by B82 Bernhard Haeusler, Germany

2010 RF12 � by Bernhard Haeusler, 2010-09-06 B/W

GIF animation 12 x (stacked 8 x 30 sec.) = around one hour in reality

total basis: 93 x 30 sec. exposure, 2010-09-06 UT 00:53 - UT 01:52, 12" SCT f-5.65 + CCD ST10XME
mag 18.1, velocity: 5.1"/min in PA 222

To have an untroubled view on the asteroid, the bright star on the upper right is removed by picture processing.

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