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D.T. Durig (The University of the South)
Due to the very slow angular motion of distant minor planets it should be possible to stack 5 and 10 minute exposures to achieve a 30 to 120 minute total integration time. This should reach to between 20th and 22nd magnitude, enough to capture the brighter distant minor planets near opposition. "Blinking" of images will require a 2 to 5 day interval but the objects should still be within a 20 arc minute frame. So far I have had success with several objects between 5 to 10 AUs and want to extend the range to the Kuiper Belt Objects.
The author(s) of this abstract have provided an email address for comments about the abstract: ddurig@sewanee.edu
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Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 35#5
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