Author: Nick

An image of minor planet 190208 (2006 AQ) taken on 2018 February 2 just after midnight. Celestron C11 + SBIG STF-8300M (2 x 2 binning). Stack of 3 integrations each 2 minutes long and aligned on the asteroid (hence elongated stars). FOV: 22 x 16 arcminutes.

Data from JPL Horizons:
RA: 09 35 17.42 (measured with AstroArt: 09 35 17.46)
Dec: +13 13 53.1 (measured with AstroArt: +13 13 53.4)
Magnitude: 17.9
Distance: 0.46 AU
Constellation: Leo

For comparison, two stacked images of Ceres taken with the same equipment as above (same FOV). 2 hours 7 minutes between images.

Phaethon is the parent body of the Geminid meteors. This image was obtained shortly after midnight on 2017 December 12. It is a composite of 60 x 20 second images through a Celestron c11. The FOV is 22 x 16 arcminutes. North up, Phaethon was moving east to west (left-to-right).

Stacked image (5 x 4 minute integration) of near-Earth object 1999 VU imaged with Celestron C11. Magnitude 16.7. This is an Apollo-type body, about 2.885 km in diameter. See http://minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=17182

It doesn’t appear to pose any threat to the Earth: http://newton.dm.unipi.it/neodys/index.php?pc=1.1.8&n=1999VU