The Swan Nebula & asteroid 1216 Askania

Posted by starbob7
on Monday, July 11, 2016

While doing a 2 hour capture of M17 I got a asteroid moving thought the field. 1216 askania' It was first discovered in 1932 by Karl Reinmuth at the Heidlburg Observatory. Flora class main belt S-type. June 28th 2016 2am to 4 am EST

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