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 small amateur equipment.
The importance of the amateurs'
collaboration in the follow-up observation of NEOs and comets is immense
and I am delighted to be part of this global team.
For me as an amateur, participating in the
measurement of near-earth bodies is definitely inspiring
for my demanding hobby.
Program from September, 20 2020: (~650 measurements of NEOs in September so far)
That night my gear was
dealing with a few NEOs that were mostly spotted in 2020 and one new object
from the
NEOCP. The whole night was
clear (best SQM
result: MPSAS 21.04 mag).
There are 21 objects on the list below, not all of them were captured within
approximately 10.1 hours of observation time. Successfully observed: 14 objects.
C388352 is now the
Apollo asteroid 2020 SJ2 (confirmation missed).
Have a look here for historical informations of K87 --> Hohmann Tranfer Site and NEODyS
The auto-guiding telescope (LX600) and the ccd-camera (ST10-XME) are fully automatic controlled by the
programs Orchestrate and TheSky X Pro of Software Bisque over the night session.
The focuser works temperature contolled. So I have nothing else to do as to wait
for the images on the next morning...
Both the following template and the script for Orchestrate are generated by
self-written Visual Basic programs on .NET platform.
These programs are
actually prepared for global use for the NEO and comet observing community.
The programs are actually in test by K74 Muensterschwarzach.
The preparation time for a night session usually takes 5-15 minutes. The
difference between the calculated observation time of the objects and the real
observation time was 4 minutes all night.
Not self-explanatory abbreviations: sq = sequence; Sec =
decimal seconds; num = number of exposures; V (on the right) = "real" Vmag (important
both
for comets and asteroids, not for NEOCP);
nsg = number of exposures per stacked group; cf = number of stacked
groups for measurement; time = local start time of the object.
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 selection of comets are based on the last
measurements of the observers of
CometasObs.
The "real" Vmag is the average of the last 10 observations of the
objects taken from the MPC observation site.
Script for Orchestrate from 2020-09-20
NEO
statistics of K87 Dettelbach Vineyard Observatory )(PDF) (updated:
May,24 2020)
NEO statistics of
B82 Maidbronn (PDF)
Actual events: 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
Confirmation of a new comet published on the PCCP on July,22 2018, video of July, 25 2018
The object was published first as object A107IQ9 on the PCCP (Possible Comet Confirmation Page), first detected by T08 ATLAS-MLO, Mauna Loa, Hawaii on July,22 2018
TEST YOUR EYES!
The comet is moving from left to right between the arrows. One loop with arrows, 3 loops without arrows, endless. One loop = 1.25 seconds.
C/2018 O1 2018-07-25 B/W © 2018-07-25 by Bernhard Haeusler, Dettelbach, Germany FOV: 21' * 12'
composed 120 30sec. exposures,
2018-07-25, 00:30 - 01:38UT, 0.30-m f/1728mm SCT + CCD
19.0 mag, sky motion: 6.34"/min in PA253
Moon: Phase 93% in 58° PA222, low Altitude < 6°
The images were recorded automatically together with five other objects using a script written with ORCHESTRATE in the night session
NEO and Amor 2018 NB on July,19 2018
2018 NB © by Bernhard Haeusler, 2018-07-19
10 x
20sec. exposure, 2018-07-19 UT 01:18, 12" SCT
f-5.66 + CCD ST10XME,
15.0 mag, H 19.5, ~426m
2018 NB © by Bernhard Haeusler, 2018-07-19
Animation of 100 20sec. exposures, 01:12UT - 01:54UT, 42 minutes in reality ~ 1.5 sec. in animation
NEO and Atira 2017 TF2 on October,11 2017
2017 TF2 © by Bernhard Haeusler, 2017-10-11
On the left:
57 x
60sec. exposure,
2017-10-11 UT 18:41, 12" SCT
f-6.15 + CCD ST10XME,
19.6 mag
On the right:
Animation of 57 60sec. exposures,
18:41UT - 19:13UT, 32 minutes in reality ~ 1 sec. in animation
The NEO is moving from top to bottom inside the red lines.
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
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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.