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CCD Images - Session 150 (2006-10-28)

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Objects Session Notes
Bullet C/2006 M4 (Swan) - Comet
Bullet IC 10 - Irregular Galaxy, Local Group
Bullet 51 Cygni - Extrasolar Planet Star
Bullet HIP 3829 - Van Maanen's Star (Nearby Star)
Bullet M1 - Supernova Remnant
Bullet HD 5513 - Suspected Eclipsing Binary
Bullet Astrometric & Photometric Monitoring
- 61 Cyg, HIP 3829  (nearby stars)
- SS Cyg (dwarf novae)
- HD 5501/5513 (eclipsing variables)
- U And, W And (Mira variables)
- 3 3/4 hr session, cut short by deteriorating sky transparency and developing wind
- CCD operation of -15 degC (at 64% cooling)
- main objectives where to acquire sequence of images of HD 5501/HD 5513 and SS Cyg as part of ongoing photometric studies.
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C/2006 M4 (Swan) - Comet

Comet C/2006 M4 (Swan)
(passing through starfield in Hercules)

 

Image  

CCD Image 
5 x 60s exposure (average combine, aligned on comet), 
2x2 binning, C filter
Linear scale with range adjusted to show detail in tail
2006-10-28 20:23h UT (#150012-16)

  

Image

False Colour CCD Image 
Log brightness scaling (3000 ADU range)
(details as above)

 

Image  

False colour CCD Image 
Log Scale
(image details as above)

 

  

CCD Image
Rotational Gradient processed (15 deg)
(image details as above)

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IC 10 - Irregular Galaxy, Local Group

IC 10 (Cassiopeia)

Image

CCD Image 
6 x 2 min exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2006-10-28 (#150113-15 & #150238-40)

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51 Cygni - Extrasolar Planet Star

51 Cyg (Cygnus)
(WDS BU 675)

Image

CCD Image 
3 x 30s exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2006-10-28 22:27h UT (#150128-30)

 

Image

CCD Image (detail 200% size)
(image details as above)

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HIP 3829 - Van Maanen's Star (Nearby Star)

HIP 3829 (Pisces)
Van Maanen's Star

Image

CCD Image 
30s exposure, 2x2 binning, C Filter
2006-10-28 23:40h UT (#150218)

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M1 - Supernova Remnant

M1 (Taurus)

Image

CCD Image 
2 x 2 min exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2006-10-28 23:11h UT (#150180-82)

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HD 5513 - Suspected Eclipsing Binary

HD 5513 (Cassiopeia)

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Astrometric and Photometric Monitoring

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