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Go to topicImage taken by: Stefano Sposetti
Date: 02 Mar 2005
Time: 00h01m - 01h25m UT
Location: Gnosca, Switzerland
Exposure duration: 150 x 30 sec
Telescope: 0.4 m f/4
Camera: CCD
Pointing position: RA 11h05m, Dec. 02d26m
Field of view: 15.8' x 12.8', East is left, North is up
Estimated magnitude: 17 mag
Distance to Earth: TBA
URL: http://aida.astronomie.info/sposetti
Other info: At about 1/5 of the trace, i.e. about at 00h20m UT one can evidently see a brightness increase of the trace, maybe due to a more favourable reflection of the sunlight.