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Feb 20 2010

Marooned off Vesta February 19th 2010

Posted by Greg Parker in Hyperstar and SXVF-M25C

Lovely clear night last night, and perfect for trying to capture the asteroid Vesta now leaving the head of Leo.  46 subs at 200-seconds per sub with the C11 and Hyperstar III – image captured and processed by Greg Parker at the New Forest Observatory.  The brightest star to the left of the image is Algieba in the head of Leo.

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One Response to “Marooned off Vesta February 19th 2010”
  1. Vesta in 3D - Grasscity.com Forums says:
    August 20, 2011 at 4:11 pm

    [...] in 3D, steep sides of many of the craters show streaks of both bright and dark material. Of course, the ion-driven Dawn spacecraft is not marooned off Vesta. After a year exploring the asteroid from [...]

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