Time Lapse animation of the asteroid Vesta

As you may know the asteroid Vesta is rather bright. It is currently around
mag 6.7, bright enough to be seen with the naked eye. On Jan 7th it will
reach its brightest, mag 6.2. On Dec 19th I decide to image Vesta.
Be warned though it is not one of the amazing pretty pictures you may be
used to seeing posted here. (I just don't seem to be capable of taking
those).

The image shows a little of the asteroid's motion during its 3.62 year
orbit. It is a slow mover and currently in the constellation of Gemini.
The image was captured over one 8 hour period.
A couple of still images and the animation can be found he
http://www.jatobservatory.org/Galler...asteroids.html

-JATO
http://jatobservatory.org

wrote:

As you may know the asteroid Vesta is rather bright. It is currently
around mag 6.7, bright enough to be seen with the naked eye. On Jan 7th it
will
reach its brightest, mag 6.2. On Dec 19th I decide to image Vesta.
Be warned though it is not one of the amazing pretty pictures you may be
used to seeing posted here. (I just don't seem to be capable of taking
those).

The image shows a little of the asteroid's motion during its 3.62 year
orbit. It is a slow mover and currently in the constellation of Gemini.
The image was captured over one 8 hour period.
A couple of still images and the animation can be found he
http://www.jatobservatory.org/Galler...asteroids.html

-JATO
http://jatobservatory.org

What do you mean "it is not one of the amazing pretty pictures you may..."??
That is excellent work.
Eric