Last wednesdayevening I tried to photograph NGC2903 (in the head of Leo). Unfortunately my goto was a bit off (set for Halley observatory in Heesch) so I ended up a bit right of the desired object. At first glance I thought this picture (a stack of 7 20min exposures @ ISO800 in the prime focus of my 200mmF5 Newtonian, riding a NEQ6) contained only stars, but a careful look at it shows many small faint galaxies. Some are standing really close to each other. What was also visible is a moving object (right bottom). A fellow astronomer found the answer in Starry Night: it is the asteroid Una.
Here is a crop showing some faint galaxies....
Look in the right bottom, there is an object moving there....
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