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English: 2 minute exposure of Near-Earth object 3552 Don Quixote with a 14" telescope. 3552 Don Quixote is about apparent magnitude 15 in this image taken at 2009-10-18 12:15 UT. Don Quixote was 0.853AU from the Earth and had come to perihelion (q) 1.2AU from the Sun on 2009-Sep-08. Don Quixote is suspected of being an extinct comet. The asteroid trail is caused by the telescope tracking the stars and not the comet.
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This image was taken by Kevin Heider using LB-004 at LightBuckets in Pingelly, Australia.
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Use Wikisky and enter coordinates 19 54 10.62 -25 58 28.3 to locate this region of the sky.

Skyview (NASA Virtual Telescope) website / Skyview image (centered on where 3552 Don Quixote is)
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