asteroid 2005 YU55

Thomas J. Balonek

Image taken:

Nov. 8, 2011

Location:

Foggy Bottom Observatory, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, USA and Class of 1951 Observatory, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

Details:

Note the parallax in the simultaneous (to within 1 second) images of asteroid 2005 YU55 taken at Class of 1951 Observatory, Vassar College by Prof. Fred Chromey and students (left side of composite image), and at Foggy Bottom Observatory, Colgate University by Prof. Thomas Balonek and students (right side of composite image). The 10 second images were started at 2011 Nov 09, 02:15:12 UT, and were taken through an R filter. The field of view of both images is 5x8 arcminutes, with North up and East to left. Picture produced by Tom Balonek and Michael Fusco.