5066 Garradd (1990 MA) A Mars-crossing asteroid was photographed on the second night of the December work. When photographing 50yrs. at a distance from the Big Bear Milky Way-sized spiral galaxy NGC 3675, this came into the picture. The asteroid was discovered by Robert H McNaught at the Siding Springs Observatory on June 22, 1990. The asteroid is named after Gordon John Garradd, an Australian amateur astronomer. Gordon Garradd has found a total of 16 comets and 31 asteroids. He lives outside the electricity grid and uses solar as well as wind power. Garrad has built several telescopes himself...

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In addition to a couple of interesting galaxies, Giraffe offers a lot of things for lovers of dimmer objects. This somewhat oval planetary nebula has dark structures around the eye-catching central star.

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C / 2021 A1 (Leonard) The comet was filmed on the second night of the December campaigns. The comet was discovered by American astronomer / geologist Greg J Leonard on January 3, 2021 at Mount Lemmon Observatory. The comet was discovered about 5au away and is in its perihelion on January 3, 2022 from the sun 0.6151au. Greg Leonard has also found comets (10) C / 2017 W2 Leonard, P / 2017 Y3 Leonard, P / 2018 L5 Leonard, P / 2018 VN2 Leonard, 396P / Leonard, C / 2020 H4 Leonard, C / 2020 K3 Leonard, P / 2020 S6 Leonard, C / 2020 X4 Leonard and C / 2021 A1 Leonard and 11 asteroids. Source Wikiped...

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4P / (Faye) (P / 1843 W1, P / 1850 W1.1910 e) A comet of the Jupiter family was filmed on the second night of the December work. The comet was discovered by the French astronomer Hervé Auguste Étienne Albans Faye (1814-1902) at the Royal Observatory of Paris on November 23, 1843. We last photographed the comet in November and August. The size of the comet's core is 3.54km. When photographing the comet was 0.9416au at a distance and 0.653au at the nearest November 15, 2021. Periheli was September 8, 2021, just inside the Mars orbit. 1Picture The sum of the stack by comet. 2Picture Same stac...

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This rod lens galaxy turned out to be a surprisingly great target and certainly deserves to be even more color photography. The structure looked a bit asymmetrical.

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C / 2019 L3 (ATLAS) The comet was filmed on the second night of the December campaigns. The asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) discovered a comet as an asteroid on June 10, 2019 with the ATLAS-1 telescope in Haleakala, Hawaii. When the comet was found it was 8.5au from the sun. The comet in its perihelion on January 9, 2022 is 3.55au away from the sun. When photographing the comet was 2.7567au at a distance, the nearest comet is January 7, 1922 2.58au. 1Picture The sum of the stack by comet. A wide stretched comma 235 "(3.9 ') and perhaps a 906" (15.3') bifurcated ta...

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67p / (Churyumov-Gerasimenko) The periodic comet of the Jupiter family was filmed on the second night of the December 2021 campaign. The comet was discovered by Soviet astronomers Klim Ivanovych Churyumov (Ukrainian) and Svetlana Ivanovna Gerasimenko (Kazakh) on October 22, 1969 at the Fesenkov Observatory of the Alma-Ata Space Physical Institute (210 Alma-Ata), with a 50cm Maksutov telescope. Professor Klim Churyumov has been the director of the Kiev Planetarium and the chairman of the Ukrainian Association of Amateur Astronomers. Source Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klim_Churyumov ...

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This spiral galaxy does not cause great Joyful Screams. The center stood out clearly but the branches poorly. Longer single exposures come into play if I choose to shoot the subject in the future.

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6164 Gerhardmuller (1930 UB1.1977 RF2.1987 OB) The asteroid on the inner edge of the main zone was photographed on the second night of the December work. When photographing NGC 772, the Aegular peculiar spiral galaxy, this came into the picture. The asteroid of the Flora family was discovered by the Soviet Ukrainian astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich at the Nauchi Observatory in Chernykh Crimea on September 9, 1977. Chernykh has found comets 74P / Smirnova Chernykh and 101P / Chernykh and a total of 537 asteroids. The asteroid is named after Gerhard Friedrich Müller (1705-1783), the first rector o...

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104P / (Kowal) 2 (1979 B1,1991 X1) The periodic NEO comet of the Jupiter family was filmed on the second night of the December 2021 work. The American astronomer Charles Thomas Kowal (1940-2011) discovered a comet on January 13, 1979 at the Palomar Observatory (675, Palomar Mountain). It was later discovered that the comet had already been spotted by Leo Boethhin in 1973. Source Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/104P/Kowal . Kowal has found comets 99P / Kowal, 104P / Kowal, 134P / Kowal-Vavrova, 143P / Kowal-Mrkos, and 158P / Kowal-LINEAR, as well as 22 asteroids. Other discoveries inclu...

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Lens galaxies are not very common subjects for me and this picture well shows why this is the case. The subject is not particularly toned in its features.

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29P / (Schwassmann-Wachmann 1) The periodic comet of the Jupiter family was filmed on the second night of the December 2021 campaign. Outbreaks sometimes occur in a comet, which is why we have tried to shoot several times. The comet's orbit is outside Jupiter's orbit and will be close to Jupiter 2037 less than 1au away. Discharges may increase the brightness by 1-5 mag. The size of the large comet's core is 60.4km. At the time of filming, the comet was 4.9628 at its nearest, 4.82au on November 6, 2020. Filming began during the astronomical twilight. 1Picture The sum of the stack by...

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(163899) 2003 SD220 (2003 SD220,2000 AD229) The asteroid NEO NEO / PHA was photographed on the second night of the December work. The Slow Group of Asteroids was discovered by the Loneos exploration program at the Lowel Observatory at Anderson Mesa Station (699) on September 29, 2003. The size of the asteroid is 0.791km and the rotation time is 285h / r. According to NEOWISE observations, the spectral class estimate of Sr. This asteroid of Aten orbits the Earth every 0.75 (275 days) every year. There are radar series on the asteroid, source Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(163899)_2003...

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4660 Nereus (1982 DB) The asteroid Apollo NEO / PHA was photographed on the second night of the December work. The asteroid was discovered by Eleanor Francis "Glo" at the Helin Palomar Observatory (code 675) on February 28, 1982. We have photographed this asteroid earlier in the November work. There is a 3D model https://3d-asteroids.space/asteroids/4660-Nereus . The size of the asteroid is 0.33km and the rotation time is 15.1h / r. Spectral class spec_B => Xe. When photographed, the asteroid was 0.0374au away and the nearest 11.12.2021 0.02630au. This subject was first photographed during the...

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The program of the shooting night, which was finally interrupted by the clouds, also accommodated one DS subject photographed in color. In brightness, this cleverly shaped planetary nebula did not celebrate, but even the edge areas were still photographed.

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4P / (Faye) (P / 1843 W1, P / 1850 W1.1910 e) A comet of the Jupiter family was filmed on the second night of the November work. The comet was discovered by the French astronomer Hervé Auguste Étienne Albans Faye (1814-1902) at the Royal Observatory of Paris on November 23, 1843. The last time we photographed the comet was in August. The size of the comet's core is 3.54km. When filming the comet was 0.999au at a distance and 0.814au at the nearest October 14, 2021. Periheli is September 8, 2021, just inside the Mars orbit. 1Picture The sum of the stack by comet. 2Picture Same stack MaximDL...

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3361 Orpheus (1982 HR) The asteroid Apollo NEO / PHA was photographed on the second night of November. The asteroid was discovered by Cilean astronomer Carlos Torres (1929-2011) at the National Astronomical Observatory (Chile) at Cerro El Roble Observatory (805) on April 24, 1982. In addition to asteroids, Carlos Torres has measured the motion of nearby stars and found a total of 37 asteroids, Wikipedia https: // en. wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Torres_(astronomer) . Cerro El Roble Observatory is located on the mountain of the same name about 63km northwest of Santiago, source Wikipedia https://e...

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This lens galaxy has the features of a spiral galaxy. The rod, which emerged from the clear core of the object, stood out well, the edges weaker. The second galaxy, NGC 941, stands out as a hazy spot in the image.

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29P / (Schwassmann-Wachmann) The periodic comet of the Jupiter family was filmed on the second night of the November 2021 campaign. Outbreaks sometimes occur in a comet, which is why we have tried to shoot several times. The comet's orbit is outside Jupiter's orbit and will be close to Jupiter 2037 less than 1au away. Discharges may increase the brightness by 1-5 mag. The size of the large comet's core is 60.4km. As of filming, the comet was 5,064 miles away, the closest 4.82au on November 6, 2020. 1Picture The sum of the stack by comet. In the direction of 3 o'clock a separate...

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The asteroid Apollo NEO / PHA was photographed on the second night of November. The asteroid was discovered on 16 November 2004 in the Linear exploration program, the first sighting was made on 12 September (645) in the Apache Point-Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Size estimate 170-380m rotation speed 5.6h and 1mag brightness difference, suggests an elongated shape? The Goldstone Radar Observatory intends to photograph the 2004 EU and also the second one we photographed 3361 Orpheus Apollo 11.11.2021! In Finland, this destination is no longer noticeable, it is on its way south at a rapid pace. When ...

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