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Minor Planets

I am slowly learning how to find minor planets by using Astrometrica to find named objects in a star field. This gallery contains my attempt(s), created initially for MP 14664.
MP (14664) Vandervelden
This is an image showing the minor planet 14664 that has been named after Erwin Van der Velden, a highly respected Australian amateur astronomer/astro-photographer who passed away in 2005.

This is a "photoshop-ed" stack of 8 images containing 14664. As such I have manually removed some patches of dust, etc. For a raw image from Astrometrica click here.

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