The Asteroid (426) Hippo is a main belt asteroid approximately 127km in diameter at its widest point. It is one of 99 asteroids discovered by French Auguste Honoré Charlois, from Nice, France.
“Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.”
This asteroid is one of three I’ve chosen to image and perform an astrometric solution on, in order to complete the requirements of the Minor Planet Center, in order to be assigned an observatory code. When accepted by the MPC, this data will signify the accuracy and dependability of my measurements, making it usable to the professional scientific community.
The motion of the asteroid in the video took place over 86 minutes time.
426 Hippo chart created in SkyTools 3
The SkyTools3 chart above shows its position in the constellation of Pegasus at the time of my imaging run. The imaging took place over two days September 15th and 16th UT. The chart and video shows its approximate position on the 16th at 2:26 UT.
Amazing!
Great job, Dennis! I believe your data will certainly be
beneficial to the professional scientists who will utilize
it.
This is great. Which equipment did you use?
The short answer is:
127mm F7.5 APO refractor
Atik One 6.0 Mono ccd camera
Thanks John.