130 - Elektra
2023-07-19 
This was my first take on trying to photograph an asteroid, and I had no idea it would be so much fun. It was actually fairly easy to find it. I simply found the coordinates of the asteroid by using Stellarium (I just looked for ANY asteroid that I can see from my balcony and that is fairly bright), and then I entered the coordinates into the ASIAIR app. And what do you know… it was smack in the middle! While I was processing the images and making the animation of this, I could already see the asteroid moving over the sky. This asteroid magnitude is 13.95, so it's fairly dim compared to most other objects I usually photograph. It's really great to see it moving, which reminds you of the dancing solar system. I wasn't sure 60 minutes of tracking of the asteroid would be enough, but it was plenty. Now I want to photograph more asteroids! Click on the image to get an animation that covers 1 hour of movement. 
Date: 2023-07-19 / 21:02:23 UTC
Location: Munich, Germany
Telescope: William-Optics ZenithStar 71ED
Camera: ZWO 533MM Pro (main) + ZWO 178MM (guiding)
ISO: 101
Mount: Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro Synscan controlled with ZWO ASIAIR Plus
Exposure time: 60 X 60 sec
Reducer/flattener: William-Optics 0.8X reducer/flattener (P-FLAT-F6)
Other info: Calibrated with darks and flats. Guided with ZWO 178mm and 50mm guidescope. Main camera cooled to -10 C. This image is a crop of the complete image.