Asteroid 2014 JO25 + M64





Asteroid 2014 JO25 was discovered in May, 2014, by astronomers at the Mount Lemmon Observatory just north of Tucson, Arizona, as part of the Catalina Sky Survey. I took 14 2.5 min. images as it appeared to fly past Messier 64, a spiral galaxy approximately 17 million light years away.

Technical Information       
Date:            April 19, 2017
Location:      Green Valley, Arizona
Telescope:    Takahashi FSQ-106EDX
Mount:          AP 1200
Camera:       SBIG STT-8300M
Filters:          Astrodon Gen 2
Exposure:     Lum = 14 2.5 min., all unbinned