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Image: 17Thetis-LB1

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Description: 6 minute exposure of asteroid 17 Thetis (brightest star in the center of the image) with a 24" telescope. Thetis is apparent magnitude 12.5 in this image taken at 2009-09-25 10:00 UT. The star on the far right of the image is HD 27372 (apmag 7.5) and is 100x brighter than Thetis. Even HD 27372 would not be visible to the naked eye. Since this image is uncropped the field of view is 20 x 20 arcminutes.
Title: 17Thetis-LB1
Credit: This image was taken by Kevin Heider using LB-001 at LightBuckets in Rodeo, NM Raw image from telescope Use Wikisky and enter coordinates 04 20 23.65 +14 19 30.1 to locate this region of the sky. Skyview (NASA Virtual Telescope) website / Skyview image (centered on where 17 Thetis is on the wiki-photo)
Author: Kevin Heider @ LightBuckets
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