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Bullet Comet 205P Giacobin
Bullet NGC 6633 - Open Cluster
Bullet GK Per - Variable Star, Nova (1901)
Bullet CI Cyg - Variable Star
Bullet NGC 6866 - Open Cluster
Bullet SS Cyg - Variable Star (UGSS) - Time Series
Bullet IC 5378 - Elliptical Galaxy (ARP 130)
Bullet UGC 12665 - Spiral Galaxy (ARP 46)
Bullet Astrometric & Photometric Monitoring
- SS Cyg, U Gem (dwarf nova)
- U And, W And, H Her, SS Her (mira variables)
- BL Lac (blazar)
- RX And, CY Aqr, TT Ari, R CrB, CY Lyr, EV Lac, FU Ori, IP Peg, RU Peg, , RU Peg, DY Per, GK Per, FG Sge, U Sge, V Sge, WZ Sge, ER UMa (variables)
- AM Her (polar variables)
- Ross 248 (HH And), Barnards Star, Groombridge 34, HIP 3829 (Van Maanen's Star), Teegardens Star  (nearby stars)

Time Series
- EV Lac, SS Cyg

- RR Tau attempts (failed due to cloud/dawn)
- QQ Vul attempt (star drift)
- 61 Cyg attempt (failed due to cloud)


- All night session (10.0 hrs), operated under automated control
- Ambient Temperature 3 degC (minimum)
- CCD operation of -20 degC 
(at 66% average cooling).  
- main objective of the session was  to acquire images of key selected stars for ongoing photometric and astrometric analysis. 
- a secondary objective, to test revised routine for automated guiding between frames, was not possible due to early termination of the session. 


Goto Notes from 2008-09-27

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Comet 205P Giacobin

Comet 205P Giacobin 
(passing through starfield in Aquarius) 
(satellite track in one of frames)

 Image

 CCD Image 
3 x 120s exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C filter,
Frames aligned on comet  
2008-09-27 19:38h UT (#
306051-53)

   

Comet 205P Giacobin - 2.6 hours later
Position of comet relative to bright star 
shows 3.5 arc min motion in 2.6 hours

(satellite track in one of frames)

Image 

Annotated CCD Image 
20s exposure, 2x2 binning, V filter,  
2008-09-27 22:16h UT (#306186-190)

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NGC 6633 - Open Cluster

NGC 6633 / Herschel VIII-72  (Ophiuchus) 

Image 

CCD Image Mosaic (3x4, 75% size, cropped)
60s exposure, 2x2 binning, C filter,  
2008-09-27 21:27h UT (#306138-49)
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GK Per - Variable Star, Nova (1901)

GK Per (Perseus) 
GK Per is star which had a nova eruption in 1901, and 
undergoes occasional minor outbursts since then.
It is reported to have begun a new outburst. 

Images collected in CBVR filters

Image 

CCD Image 
3 x 30s exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C filter,  
2008-09-27 21:41h UT (#306152-58)

 

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CI Cyg - Variable Star

CI Cyg (Cygnus) 
CI Cyg is reported to be in outburst. 

Images collected in VR filters

 Image

 Annotated CCD Image 
3 x 20s exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C filter,  
2008-09-27 22:02h UT (#
306171-79)

   

CI Cyg - reference stars

Image 

Annotated CCD Image 
20s exposure, 2x2 binning, V filter,  
2008-09-27 22:01h UT (#306173)

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NGC 6866 - Open Cluster

NGC 6866 / Herschel VII-59  (Cygnus) 

Image 

CCD Image 
5 x 60s exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C filter,  
2008-09-27 22:56h UT (#306215-19)

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SS Cyg - Variable Star (UGSS) - Time Series

SS Cyg  (Cygnus) 

Image 

CCD Image 
120 x 30s exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, V filter,  
2008-09-27 23:53h UT (#306232-351)

 

Cyg SS - Photometric Time Series, 82min duration
120 x 30s frames, 2x2 binning, V filter,  
2008-09-27 23:12  to 2008-09-28 00:34h UT  (#306232-351)
[ Notes on successful automated guiding between frames ]

SS Cyg showing magnitude variation of 0.1 mag over 10-20 minute intervals

 Image

Image 

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IC 5378 -  Elliptical Galaxy  (ARP 130)

IC 5378 / ARP 130  (Pegasus) 
IC 5378 (catalog mag +13.6), 
[ Adjacent galaxies :  IC 5379 (catalog mag +15.2), 
IC 5377 (catalog mag +15.4) ]

Image 

Annotated CCD Image 
4 x 180s exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C filter,  
2008-09-28 01:43h UT (#306400-04)

  

IC 5378 / ARP 130  - detail 
Elliptical galaxy MCG+3-1-15 
close to perturbing spiral galaxy MCG+3-1-16

 Image

Annotated  CCD Image (200% size, Cropped)
Image details as above

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UGC 12665 - Spiral Galaxy (ARP 46)

NGC 12665 / ARP 46  (Pegasus) 

Image 

Annotated CCD Image 
4 x 180s exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C filter,  
2008-09-28 02:13h UT (#306414-18)

 

NGC 12665 / ARP 46  - detail 

 Image

Annotated CCD Image 
(200% size, Negative, Cropped)
Image details as above

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Astrometric and Photometric Monitoring

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