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Objects Session Notes
Bullet HD 5501 - Binary Eclipsing Variable
Bullet SS Cyg - Variable Star
Bullet NGC 7243 - Open Cluster
Bullet NGC 6781 - Planetary Nebula
Bullet 4P/Faye - Comet
Bullet CY Lyr - Variable (Dwarf Nova)
Bullet Uranus
Bullet Moon
Bullet NGC 752 - Open Cluster
Bullet AXP Monitoring (4U 0142+615 & 1E 2259+586)
Bullet Nearby Stars
- Barnard's Star 
- 61 Cygni - Star (the 'flying star') 
- SO025300.5+165258 ("Teegarden's Star")
- HIP 67593  
- Gamma Draconis
Bullet Variable Star Monitoring 
- U Her, W And, U And, EZ And (Mira variables)
- R CrB
- Delta Cepheid
- 5.2 hr session, Moon 98% phase
- CCD operation of -15 degC
- main objectives where to acquire images of selected nearby stars and variables as part of ongoing observing projects.
- opportunity taken to acquire images of Uranus and the Moon.
- More Notes

HD 5501 - Binary Eclipsing Variable

 

HD 5501 (Cassiopeia)

Image
CCD Image
20s exposure, 2x2 binning , C Filter
2006-09-08 20:16h UT (#141018)

3 sets of measurements made in B, V, R filters as part of ongoing study on the 
variable behavior of this eclipsing variable. [ HD 5501 Project ]

Image

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SS Cyg - Variable Star

Measurements made in B, V, R filters as part of ongoing study on variable behavior of this dwarf nova. (SS Cyg project)

SS Cyg (Cygnus)

 
 SS Cyg - Magnitude and Colour Variation between 2006-05-24 and 2006-09-01 (+) 
Three outbursts are noted within this interval
Image 

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NGC 7243 - Open Cluster

Central portion of NGC 7243 / Caldwell 16 (Lacerta)

Image

CCD Image 
60 sec exposure, 2x2 binning, C Filter
2006-09-08 21:46 h UT (#141148)

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NGC 6781 - Planetary Nebula

NGC 6781  / Herschel H743-3 / PLN 41- 2.1 (Aquila)

Image

CCD Image
3 x 3 min & 5 x 2 min exposure (summed), 2x2 binning , C Filter
2006-09-08 22:05 h UT (#141160-71)

 

NGC 6781 - detail

Image

CCD Image (300% size)
Image details as above

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4P/Faye - Comet

Comet 4P/Faye 
(passing through starfield in Pisces)

Image

CCD Image
3 x 2 min exposure, 2x2 binning (average combine), C Filter
2006-09-08 22:31 h UT (#141176-78)

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CY Lyr - Variable Star

CY Lyr (Lyra)
Dwarf Nova CY Lyr is too faint to see in this 3 x 2 min image.
 Magnitude limit is ~ +15.8/+16 

Image

Annotated CCD Image 
3 x 120s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, V Filter
2006-09-08 22:58 h UT (#141205-07)
[ AAVSO Star Chart for CY Lyr ]

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Uranus 

Uranus with Oberon/Titania 
Oberon/Titania are too close to split (combined mag  ~ +13)
(Other moons are within glare from Uranus and can't be seen)

Image

Annotated CCD Image (cropped)
30 sec exposure, 1x1 binning, C Filter
2006-09-08 23:10 h UT (#141213)

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Moon

Moon, 97.6% Phase

Image

CCD Image Mosaic (3 x 4)
0.11s sec exposure, 1x1 binning, B Filter
Unsharp Masked
2006-09-09 00:10 h UT (#141307-18)
Moon (detail)
Image
CCD Image 
0.11s sec exposure, 1x1 binning, B Filter, Unsharp Masked
2006-09-09 00:09 h UT (#141310)
 
Image
CCD Image 
0.11s sec exposure, 1x1 binning, B Filter, Unsharp Masked
2006-09-09 00:10 h UT (#141311)

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NGC 752 - Open Cluster

Central portion of NGC 752 / Caldwell 28 (Andromeda)

Image

Annotated CCD Image (cropped)
3 x 60 sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2006-09-09 00:44 h UT (#141404-06)

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AXP Monitoring (4U 0142+615 & 1E 2259+586)

Two Anomalous X-ray pulsers (AXPs),  4U 0142+615 and  1E 2259+586 (both lying in Cassiopeia) were checked for brightening. No indication of activity was observed at location of either AXP.   [AXP stars project

Star field of 1E 2259+586 area 
no sign of AXP 
Image
CCD Image
2 min exposure,  C Filter
2006-09-09 00:52h UT (#141426)
 
Star field of 4U 0142+615 area 
no sign of AXP
Image
CCD Image
2 min exposure,  C Filter
2006-09-09  00:56h UT (#141430)

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Nearby Stars

Set of images (7 x 10s exp, C Filter) acquired for astrometric measurements.
Part of a ongoing study to attempt to measure proper motion and annual parallax of Barnard's Star.  (Barnards Star Project).

Set of images (7 x 5s exp, C Filter) acquired for astrometric measurements.
Part of a ongoing study to attempt to measure proper motion and annual parallax of 61 Cygni  ( 61 Cygni Project )

Set of images (7 x 60s exp, C Filter) acquired for astrometric measurements. 
Part of a ongoing study to attempt to measure proper motion and annual parallax of "Teegarden's star" (official name SO025300.5+165258)    ("Teegarden's Star" project).

Set of images (7 x 60s exp, C Filter) acquired for astrometric measurements. 
Part of a ongoing study to attempt to measure proper motion and annual parallax of HIP 67593 (Bootes)     (HIP 67593 project).

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Variable Stars

Set of BRV images collected as part of an ongoing study to develop a light curve for this Mira variable [U Her project

Set of BRVI Images collected as part of an ongoing study to develop a light curve for this Mira variable [W And project

Set of BRVI Images collected as part of an ongoing study to develop a light curve for this Mira variable [EZ And project

Set of BVRI Images collected as part of an ongoing study to develop a light curve for this Mira variable [U And project

Series of images of R CrB and a reference star (HIP 77373) were taken through B, V, R & I bands, as part of an ongoing study of this star

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