Would you have discovered KBO 1998 FS144?

Preparation 
    You should be familiar with the HOU image processing software and able to to complete the steps  necessary to subtract images. Check out the tutorial on "Finding Asteroids in a pair of Images" through the Tutorials link from the opening page. To understand the significance of the names of the images see the tutorial on "Choosing and Downloading images".

1. The following table gives the names of each of the six images used in the discovery. The images can be downloaded from the tabel. The KBO is present in each of these images. Start this challenge by downloading the images from March 23. Process these images in the HOU image processing software using the subtraction method and see if you can find KBO 1998 FS144. 

2. If you cannot find the KBO, you can check the discovery data through the "results" link below. Try just checking for March 23 so you don't spoil the fun and challenge of finding it in the images from the 24th and 27th.

3. Once you have located the KBO in the images from the 23rd, use the change in position observed to predict where it will be on the 24th.

4. From the position on the 24th predict the position for the 27th or process the 2 images from the 27th using the subtraction method and see if you can find it that way.

5. In the results link below, we have provided the right ascension and declination of 1998 FS144 for  each of the observations. To see how the Minor Planet checking system works, connect to the Minor Planet Center web site and see if there is anything at the position at the date and times of one of the images.

Check here for the results (answers?).

Resources about Kuiper Belt Objects (also know as trans-Neptunian Objects).