Astro Backyard Science #3: Observing and Measuring Asteroid (4) Vesta
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- čas přidán 26. 02. 2021
- Hey folks,
this time I captured an asteroid: (4) Vesta, the second largest asteroid in the asteroid belt. After taking cool images I wondered: Is it possible to calculate the rough orbit of (4) Vesta just using our data we took in our backyard?
Well: Let's find out! Geek on!
Links:
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4_Vesta (Wiki-page)
- nova.astrometry.net/upload (Plate solving service used for angular resolution)
- www.astrophotography.app/ (capturing software)
Copyright:
- Vesta images: NASA / JPL under public domain
- CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Hashtags:
#Asteroid
#Vesta
#Telescope
#Science
#Backyard
#Backyardscience - Věda a technologie
Cool but also very very nerdy! 😆
True, but I love things like that, Rob! Thanks for watching & have a clear sky!
MANN I LOVED THE VIDEO!!! ESPECIALLY THE GRAPHICS
Thanks a lot man!! It was a fun to produce! I really love backyard science ;-) it's so cool what you can calculate on the back of a napkin.
I’m just getting into telescopes and astronomy and your videos have been SO helpful! Not to mention well made and entertaining. Thanks all the information and keep up the good work!!
Thank you very much for this encouraging comment Silas! It's very much appreciated! Clear skies to you!!
Mr Incredible “math is math!”
Haha, thanks Porygon! To be honest: this is just school calculus ;-) The real trick is to figure out how to use it. I had some exercising time with Mercury and its transit one year ago & lucky me the main principles stayed the same!
Clear skies dude!
Way cool!
It was, I love such things :-) clear skies!!!
Man I love drawing things I see through my scope as I don’t own an astrophotography setup, so I’m really excited to track down this asteroid’s movements when these damn CLOUDS go away🙃
Ethan, drawing space is an awesome thing to do!! Can you link some of your drawings?
I think - depending on your scope - you should be able to track this beauty ;-) clear skies to you!
catchingphotons They are quite rudimentary and quickly done in a lined notebook, and I’ve never put them anywhere online. I don’t know if they’d be worth sharing😳 I just draw star positions as best as I can with different pressures on the paper making the brighter ones darker on paper, and shade some nebulosity with the pencil on its side. Although I can probably notice and document some movement of Vesta, I don’t think I’m precise enough to do any science:/ I have observed and recorded the Galilean moons moving around in a span of a few hours though, that was pretty neat. Btw, I have a Sky-Watcher Flextube 250P
@@ethanjogola2718 That sounds cool Ethan! And by the way: If you observe Vesta days or even weeks apart and draw the stars precise enough - and hence the relative distance Vesta/stars - than you should be able to track the movement of Vesta on your own! Wouldn't that be cool? :-)
Clear skies!
thanks for this video! really helps
Glad you liked it! Enjoy space!!! Clear skies to you!
That´s so cool!
=) Im the first to capture this beast with my camera!
Thanks again Chris for your video and information ℹ️, I did not know about the visible Asteroids ☄️! ☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️
Thomas, you are very welcome! Thanks for sticking to this channel from the earliest days on! Clear skies! -Chris
We have time to get ready for Leonard in December :)~
Another comet?
@@catchingphotons People say, oh not another comet, we're going to have to take the dust cleaner in our hands again. But this one is special if viewed through a radio telescope because it is a singing comet. Leonard is a star with a tail who sings the songs Partisan, Suzannne ..........