Note: Fortuna, one of the largest main belt asteroid (top right) captured while shooting the Crab Nebula Click here to view final image. Histogram stretched Object: Asteroid Apparent Magnitude: 9.49 Est. Distance: 1.39 au Dimensions: 225x205x195km Telescope: Celestron CPC 800 EQ Mount (with Wedge) with f/6.3 Focal Reducer Camera: QHY-8 Filter: 2" Hutech IDAS Light Pollution Suppression Exposure: 22 frames of 5 minutes each. Approx. 2 hours total Guidescope: Orion EON 80mm ED Guider: DMK 21AU04 with PHD Guiding Date: 18th October 2009
Note: Same shots with the histogram unstretched, to better show the asteroid