Asteroid Priscilla & M104

Object Data: Recorded in the early hours of 21 December 2001, this animated image shows an interesting sequence as Asteroid Priscilla (2137) appears to be on a collision course with M104! Sequence Date: 2001-12-21 Exposures: All 10 minutes in length. All times GMT Exposure 1: 04:29:19 Exposure 2: 04:40:31 Exposure 3: 04:51:39 Exposure 4: 05:02:46 Exposure 5: 05:13:55 Exposure 6: 05:25:00 Exposure 7: 05:36:06 Exposure 8: 05:47:11 Location: Southern France Conditions: calm, transparency=9, seeing=7 Optics: RCOS Ritchey-Chretien 12.5" f/9 working at f/6.75 with AP focal reducer Mount: AP 900 GTO on Portable Pier Camera: SBIG ST-8E / CFW-8 Guiding: ST-8E integral guiding chip controlled by MaximCCD Exposure: Luminance only: 8x 10 minutes Processing: Image acquisition and calibration with MaximCCD/DL. No other processing. Notes: There were definitely 8 exposures but only 7 were captured in this sequence - I'll have to see if I can find the missing exposure!