Asteroid 14420 Massey in Serpens Cauda

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As Steve Massey's asteroid was pretty bright at this time, magnitude 16.2, it was a good time to try and find it. The first night I tried (20060619), I plotted the position for 00:00 UT instead of 12:00 UT, so I was a field of view out. The next night I got the right coordinates and picked it up straight away. It was clearly visible live on the PC monitor and showed movement every few minutes.
UT times for each image in the sequence are: 13:08, 13:17, 13:31, 13:45 and 13:55.