Hesperia is asteroid number 69. It was discovered by Giovanni Schiaparelli* on 26th April 1861. It is an M-type, main-belt asteroid being 138 Km in diameter and rotating in 5.65 hours. It has an albedo of 0.14 and was at a magnitude of about 11.
*He of the Matian canals.
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Hesperia is fairly easy to spot on this picture, but if you have difficulty, move your mouse over the picture to see it pointed out. Date and Time: 4th and 6th March 2010 around 21:50 UT Camera : Starlight Xpress MX716 Telescope: 135 mm SLR lens Capture: Star_mx7: 30" exposure Processing: Star_mx7. Background, non-linear stretch, background. K3CCDTools. 15 frames stacked, unsharp mask 3, 0, 100. |
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