My understanding is that one of the 3 new planets announced a week or 
two ago is designated
2003EL61.  I got ephemeris info from the Cartes-du-Ciel user's group.  
Last night I imaged the
correct patch of sky.  From the ephemeris file, the object is listed as 
mag 17.5. 
If that is correct, then I think I successfully imaged it (just barely).

The image and the corresponding sky chart are posted here:

http://www.princeton.edu/~rvdb/images/NJP/2003EL61.html

It was rather low in the early evening and so there was lots of NJ sky 
glow---not a very pretty
image.  Nonetheless, it seems that I got it.

And, not to waste the first clear evening in a long time, I grabbed a 
snapshot of M92 too:

http://www.princeton.edu/~rvdb/images/NJP/m92.html

-- Bob
Robert J. Vanderbei
http://www.princeton.edu/~rvdb



 
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