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Objects Session Notes
UGC 3014 - Three-armed Spiral Galaxy (ARP 20) Comet 46P/Wirtanen Saturn IC 575 and companions - Perculiar Galaxy (ARP 292) IC 609 - Spiral Galaxy with LSB companion on arm (ARP 44) NGC 3184 - Spiral Galaxy Astrometric & Photometric Monitoring
- SS Cyg, U Gem (dwarf nova)
- U And, W And, U Her (mira variables)
- BL Lac (blazar)
- RX And, Z And, KR Aur, AQ CMi, CV CMi, SY Cnc, RZ LMi, U Mon, FU Ori, DY Per, RR Tau, SU Tau, ER UMa (variables)
- Evening session (6.7hr)
Temperature -1 degC, later climbing to +1 degC- CCD operation of -25 degC
(at 65% average cooling).- main objective was to acquire images of certain selected stars for ongoing photometric, in particular U Gem & RX And.
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UGC 3014 / ARP 20 (Taurus) |
UGC 3014 - enlarged (arms not resolved) |
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| CCD Image 5 x 3 min exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2008-02-24 21:50 h UT (#268150-54) |
CCD Image (250% size, cropped) Image details as left |
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Comet 46P/Wirtanen |
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120s exposure , 2x2 binning, C Filter 2008-02-24 22:16h UT (#268164) |
| Comet 46P/ Wirtanen - detail |
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5 x 120s exposure (av. combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2008-02-24 22:18h UT (#268163-67) |
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Saturn |
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| CCD Image (250% size) 0.2s exposure, 1x1 binning, V Filter 2008-02-24 23:19 hUT (#268214) |
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Saturn Moons |
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| Annotated CCD Image 30s exposure, 1x1 binning (cropped), C Filter (with 0.2s exposure insert) 2008-02-24 21:38 hUT (#268146) |
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IC 575 and companions / ARP 292 (Sextans) |
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| Annotated CCD Image 5 x 3 min exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2008-02-24 23:44 h UT (#268231-35) |
Negative CCD Image (250% size, cropped) Image details as left |
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IC 609 with low surface brightness
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| Annotated CCD Image 5 x 3 min exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2008-02-25 00:18 h UT (#268254-58) |
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CCD Image (250% size, cropped) Image details as left |
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| NGC 3184 (Ursa Major) |
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CCD Image 7 x 2 min exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2008-02-25 01:20 h UT (#268286-92) |
| NGC 3184 - detail |
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False colour CCD Image Square root scaling, False Colour (Inverse Spectrum) Image details as above |
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AN Ser (Serpens Caput) |
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| Annotated CCD Image 60s exposure, 2x2 binning, C Filter 2008-02-25 01:46 hUT (#268305) |
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AN Ser - Reference stars |
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| Annotated CCD Image 120s exposure, 2x2 binning, V Filter 2008-02-25 01:43 hUT (#268303) |
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Images collected for Astrometric Monitoring
of Nearby Stars Project
Images collected for Photometric Monitoring
of Variable Stars
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| This Web Page: | CCD Images - Session 268 (2008-02-24) |
| Last Updated : | 2008-03-01 |
| Site Owner : | David Richards |
| Home Page : | David's Astronomy Web Site |
