Movement of dwarf planet "Haumea"



Date & Time: Feb 1 2019, from 28:59 to 29:03 JST(+0900), 3min.×2shots
Feb 2 2019, from 28:37 to 28:40 JST(+0900), 3min.×2shots
Optical: Meade 25cm(10") Schmidt-Cassegrain with conversion lens (f=1600mm, F6.3)
with BaaderPlanetarium Moon&Skyglow filter
Auto-guided with Meade LX200 Equatorial & Pictor 201XT
Digital Camera: Canon EOS 6D (Remodeled)
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(5472×3648)
Sensitivity...ISO4000



(136108) Haumea
Semi-major axis43.032 au (6.438Bln km)
Perihelion distance34.537 au (5.167Bln km)
Aphelion distance51.526 au (7.708Bln km)
Orbital eccentricity0.197
Orbital period282.29 yrs.
Parameters when photographed:
R.A. (2000.0)14h 19m 23.5s
  →14h 19m 23.7s
Dec. (2000.0)+16°04' 28"
  →+16°05' 03"
Geocentric distance50.19 au (7.508Bln km)
Heliocentric distance50.44 au (7.546Bln km)
Magnitude17.2
Dwarf planet "Haumea" is one of Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) classified in the Plutoid, discovered on Mar 7, 2003. Haumea is revolving an elliptical orbit with a period of 282 years slightly outside of the Pluto (247 years in period); the orbit tilts 28 degrees from the plane of the ecliptic. A shape of Haumea has been presumed as an ellipsoid with axis lengths of 1000 to 2000 km; two tiny satellites had been discovered in 2005. The dwarf planet was named after Goddess of fertility in the Hawaii islands, registered as the fourth Plutoid next to the Pluto, the Eris, and the Makemake in Sep. 2008.
This image has displayed by turning the celestial north direction upward. When I photographed, Haumea had a visual brightness of 17.2th magnitude and was moving northward slowly in the southern region of Bootes. Comparing two shots taken 24-hours apart, you can detect a Haumea's apparent movement of approximately 35 arc seconds.




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