Bernhard's comets and asteroids IAU codes: B82 Maidbronn (retired) and K87 Dettelbach Vineyard Observatory
©
Copyright: Photo montage performed by Bernhard Häusler, Germany
Credit of the comet image of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko:
ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM –
CC BY-SA IGO 3.0
and ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA
A warm welcome to all friends of comets and minor planets!
We are living on a beautyful planet, surrounded in space from its large and small
brothers and sisters since unimaginable times.
This web is an independant and ad-free approach to the grand show in our neighborhood in space
with
with equipment geared towards tracking nearby earth cruisers.
The
collaboration of amateurs in the follow-up
observation of
Near
Earth
Objects and comets
is important
and I am delighted to be part of this global team
of very special people.
For me as an amateur, participating in the
measurement of near-earth bodies is definitely inspiring
for my demanding hobby.
And I
call on every amateur not only to photograph the beloved deep-sky objects and
planets, but also to actively participate
in the observation and measurement of Near Earth Objects.
Measurements of NEO can be carried out independently of the moon phases and
enrich the hobby immensely.
NEO Planner is currently used by IAU observatories B72, G04, K19, K74, K87, and is available for every IAU station
Amateur or professional observers are welcome to use NEO Planner. Current version: V3.0.6 (January,9 2022)
NEO Planner is able to calculate the exposure times, the
required number of exposures and the positions of currently observable comets,
NEO and NEOCP objects
on the basis of MPC, Horizons and Scout data and
and bring them in a time sequence for each location and
for any equipment.
In addition, NEO Planner automatically monitors the NEOCP
and provides the user with important current changes, both visually and, if
desired, acoustically.
NEO Planner can work with both Astrometrica and Tycho.
If desired, the planning and ephemeris can be uploaded to
a website to be followed from any location.
An internal sniping tool enables timer controlled hard
copies of the screen and the viewing of the night
sessions via the website.
And many features more...
Have a look here for historical informations of K87 and other observers --> Hohmann's MPEC'able (Tracking News for Humans) and NEODyS
The auto-guiding telescope (LX600) and the cmos-camera (QHY600L) are fully automatic controlled by the
programs Orchestrate and TheSky X Pro of Software Bisque over the night session.
The focuser works temperature controlled and is usually focused one time in the
evening on a star in 50° altitude.
Both the following template and the script for Orchestrate are generated by
self-written programs on .NET platform.
The preparation time for a night session usually takes about 15 - 30 minutes.
High Moon phases are requiring more time.
last Program from January, 6 2022 for K87:
last Script for Orchestrate and Template
© Copyright: The data comes from official access to web services from MPC, JPL, NASA and ESA, whose origins are the tireless measurements of dozens of professional and amateur observatories around the world
© Copyright: The data comes from official access to web services from MPC, JPL, NASA and ESA, whose origins are the tireless measurements of dozens of professional and amateur observatories around the world
All parameters of the template are calculated for my equipment on
location K87 and based on expected
SQM results from Mag/SqArcsec 20 and weaker
within the observation slot.
The Vmag average is the average of the last 10 observations of the
objects taken from the MPC observation site.
Asteroid of the day: 1999 RM45 from March, 1 2021 20:46UT MPC JPL orbit
45MB
animation of 96 images with 2.9 seconds exposure time each,
speed: 65 arcsec/min in P.A. 279.8, V~14.0 detail
Telescope: LX600 12" f-8, camera: QHY600L with SONY Full Frame BSI
CMOS Sensor IMX455 and Binning 4 x 4
Comet of the day: C/2021 A4 (NEOWISE) from March, 1 2021 18:27UT MPC JPL orbit
3.7 MB
animation of six images with 48.5 seconds exposure time each,
speed: 4 arcsec/min in P.A. 197.2, V~16.3 detail
Telescope: LX600 12" f-8, camera: QHY600L with SONY Full Frame BSI
CMOS Sensor IMX455 and Binning 4 x 4
Some events of the last years: September, 21 2020 - first night half
Around midnight a bright
shooting star of the Southern Piscids crossed Andromeda
and Lacerta
and ended its brief light show with a small explosion in the lizard's head...
and is this meteor connected with some NEOs? -
may be.
© 2020-09-21 by Bernhard Haeusler, Dettelbach, Germany
15sec. exposure,
2020-09-20 UT23:09, local time 01:09, taken with ZWO ASI178MC, 8mm
f/1.4 lens, 1/2.7"; SQM: MPSAS 21.03 mag, NELM 6.1 mag
Elevation: 267m, Processing: Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. No stiffeners,
airplanes or satellites on the image.
The red cross marks the radiant of the Southern Piscids meteor shower, annual maximum: September 20th. Mars is in the lower left.
In this paper by P. B. Babadzhanov - I. P. Williams - G. I. Kokhirova from 2007, the connection between the September Piscids and some Near Earth objects is discussed.
Moon, Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn came together this morning with the beautiful comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE.
A moment to pause and think about the beauty and size of our universe. This morning made my face smile.
I left my telescope with its automatic scanning of the sky and drove a
few kilometers to the highest elevation nearby.
There one of the best moments of nighttime observations awaited me.
C/2020 F3 NEOWISE in Auriga, Lynx on the left. Menkalinan in Auriga is the brightest star top right.
© 2020-07-12 by Bernhard Haeusler, Dettelbach, Germany double size 1.9MB original size 10MB
4sec. exposure,
2020-07-12 UT01:38, local time 03:38, 70mm f/3.2, Canon EOS 5D Mark II and
EF70-200mm f/2.8L ISII USM mounted on a tripod, ISO1000, SQM 19.6 mag
Outside temperature: 7° C, elevation: 297m, Processing: Adobe Lightroom. No stiffeners and best distant view.
The wind turbines with their warning lights on the horizon are approx. 27.5 km (17 miles) away.
C/2020 F3 NEOWISE in Auriga
© 2020-07-12 by Bernhard Haeusler, Dettelbach, Germany larger image click here
4sec. exposure,
2020-07-12 UT01:20, local time 03:20, 170mm f/3.2, Canon EOS 5D Mark II and
EF70-200mm f/2.8L ISII USM mounted on a tripod, ISO1250, SQM 20.1 mag
Outside temperature: 7° C, elevation: 297m, Processing: Adobe Lightroom.
The
Apollo
asteroid 2020 MX3 was first observed at
F51 Pan-STARRS 1 on 2020-06-28.
Live
track of F51
NEO Apollo 2020 MX3 will pass the Earth on July, 29 2020 in 0.02413176 AU distance ~ 3,610,060 km ~ 2,243,176 miles
The object has a diameter of about 65 meters.
Here you can see a gif animation of this small object:
© 2020-07-28 by Bernhard Haeusler, Dettelbach, Germany West left North up
66 7.3sec. exposures,
2020-07-28 UT00:09, 0.30-m f/6.15 SCT + CCD
17.4 mag, H=23.6, e= 0.2581244
Comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) is probably starting a desintegration process.
There are two dots westward the central condensation. The comet tail is looking more and more like a cigar.
Here you find a light curve of the comet on CometasObs showing a decrease of the central magnitude since March, 28 2020
In comparison an image of comet C/1999 S4 (LINEAR) during its desintegration process... and one week before
2020 FR3 is an Apollo type asteroid and classified as a PHA.
The small body passed a weak galaxy cluster in the Western edge region of constellation LEO close to the bounder of CANCER
NEO and Amor 2018 NB on July,19 2018
10 x
20sec. exposure, 2018-07-19 UT 01:18, 12" SCT
f-5.66 + CCD ST10XME,
15.0 mag, H 19.5, ~426m
Animation of 100 20sec. exposures, 01:12UT - 01:54UT, 42 minutes in reality ~ 1.5 sec. in animation
last observed comets:
C/2016 R2 (PANSTARRS) by Bernhard Haeusler, 2018-02-16 B/W
composed 31 2min. exposures,
2018-02-16 UT18:42, 0.30-m f/1646.2mm ACF-SCT + CCD
14.73mag, coma: 6', tail: 16' in PA91
C/2016 A1 (PANSTARRS) by Bernhard Haeusler, 2018-02-06 B/W
composed 33 120sec. exposures,
2018-02-06 UT22:32, 0.30-m f/2240.2mm SCT + CCD
16.23mag, coma: 13", tail: 3' in PA161
C/2016 A1 (PANSTARRS) by Bernhard Haeusler, 2018-02-06 B/W
animated 64 2min.exp, 2018-02-06 UT21:23 - 23:41; asteroid on the left side: 34286, 18.1 mag
C/2016 N4 (MASTER) by Bernhard Haeusler, 2017-09-22 B/W
composed 35 60sec. exposures, 2017-09-22 UT21:37, 0.30-m
f/1873.1mm SCT + CCD
16.29 mag, coma: 30", tail: 4'30' in PA150
C/2015 V2 (Johnson) by Bernhard Haeusler, 2017-05-20 B/W
composed 10 30sec. exposures, 2017-05-20 UT22:12, 0.30-m
f/1873.1mm SCT + CCD, IP: DDP low pass
12.05 mag, tail: 16' in PA317
41/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak © by Bernhard Haeusler, 2017-05-01 B/W
composed 90 20sec. exposures,
2017-05-01 UT01:54, 0.30-m f/1875mm SCT + CCD, IP: DDP Kernel low
pass
13.6 mag, coma: 5', tail: 1' in PA236
Right: Video of 70 frames of 20 seconds exp.time each, 2017-05-01 UT01:54
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45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova © by Bernhard Haeusler, 2017-03-26 B/W
composed 36 2min. exposures,
2017-03-26 UT20:10, 0.30-m f/1875mm SCT + CCD,
17.3 mag (10" Box), coma: 1'15", tails: 8'30" in PA284, 1'15" in PA106
Right: Video of 35 frames of 2 minutes exp.time each, 2017-03-26
UT20:10 - UT21:24
Flash of the Satellite IRIDIUM 86, Mirror 2 on February,13 2018 with -2.5 mag
IRIDIUM 86 © 2018-02-13 by Bernhard Haeusler, Dettelbach, Germany
detail of 1 15 sec. exposure,
2018-02-13 UT 17:56:32, camera: ZWO ASI 178 MC Color, allsky lens: 2.5mm,
f-1.2 170°
No Moon.