Asteroid (1146) Biarmia

https://www.tdo.space/2015/09/22/asteroid-1146-biarmia/

Asteroid (1146) Biarmia is a main belt asteroid approximately 31 km diameter at its widest point.  It orbits the Sun every 5 years. This asteroid was discovered by Russian astronomer Grigory Neujmin in 1929.  It is currently passing through the constellation of Pegasus.

The 3 images used to create the video were 90 second captures during 70 minutes of the asteroids motion. The faintest stars visible were mag 18.2  This is the second asteroid in the set of three used to record astrometric data for submission to the Minor Planet Center in consideration for issuing a Minor Planet observatory code to the Transit Dreams Observatory.

SkyTools screenshot of 1146 Biarmia

SkyTools screenshot of 1146 Biarmia- Faintest stars mag 18.2

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