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Objects Session Notes
Bullet IC 1276 - Globular Cluster
Bullet NGC 6229 - Globular Cluster
Bullet NGC 6934 - Globular Cluster (Caldwell 47)
Bullet C/2012 K5 (LINEAR) - Comet
Bullet NGC 2976 - Spiral Galaxy
Bullet NGC 6307 - Spiral Galaxy
Bullet C/2012 J1 (Catalina) - Comet
Bullet Hickson 1 - Galaxy Group (UGC 248 et al)
Bullet PGC 9159 - Spiral Galaxy
Bullet NGC 1647 - Open Cluster
Bullet Hickson 100 - Galaxy Group (NGC 7803 et al)
Bullet NGC 7909 - Elliptical Galaxy ( ARP 150 / Hickson 95)
Bullet NGC 7674 galaxy group (Hickson 96 / ARP 182 )
Bullet Hickson 20 - Galaxy Group
Bullet PLN 164+31.1 - Planetary Nebula ("Headphones Nebula")
 
Bullet Variable Stars
Bullet Photometric Monitoring - Variables
- Z And, TT Ari, R CrB, CI Cyg, S Cyg, SS Cyg, BL Lac, DY Per, GK Per
Bullet Astrometric Monitoring - Nearby Stars
- HH And, Groombridge 34, Teegardens Star
- Evening session (5.0 hrs duration). 
Moderate conditions, improving towards session end.
- Session operated under semi-automated control, with remote monitoring from indoors computer.  
Third use of Power-Line networking - no detectable drops outs in 5 hours.
- Ambient Temperature: 2.0 deg C (minimum) 
Dew requiring corrector plate to be cleared with hair dyer on 1 occasion.
- CCD operation -25 degC (at 73% average cooling).  
- main objectives of the session were to acquire images of selected project stars for ongoing photometric and astrometric analysis, and to image a number of planetary nebula 
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IC 1276 - Globular Cluster

IC 1276 (Serpens Cauda)
Image
CCD Image (75% size, cropped)
12  x 10s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2012-10-21 19:55 hUT (#517025-42)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

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NGC 6229 - Globular Cluster

NGC 6229 (Hercules)
Image
CCD Image (50% size, linear scaling)
5 x 60s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2012-10-21 20:03 hUT (#517047-51)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

  

NGC 6229 - detail
Image
CCD Image (35% size, square root scaling)
3 x 60s exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 
2012-10-21 20:09 hUT (#517052-55)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

  

NGC 6229 - detail
Image
CCD Image (100% size, cropped)
Square root scaling, gamma modified
Image details as above

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NGC 6934 - Globular Cluster (Caldwell 47)

NGC 6934 / Caldwell 47  (Delphinus)
Image
CCD Image (50% size)
6 x 20s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2012-10-21 20:26 hUT (#517065-74)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME
   
Image
Negative CCD Image  (100% size, cropped)
Image details as above
   
Image
CCD Image (100% size, cropped)
Image details as above
  
NGC 6934 - Earlier Image (2006-08-06)
Image
CCD Image 
3 x 60 sec exposure (average), 2x2 binning, clear filter
2006-08-06  02:25 h UT (#132339-41)

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Comet C/2012 K5 (LINEAR)

C/2012 K5 (LINEAR) 
(moving through starfield in Bootes)
Image
Annotated CCD Image (50% size)
5  x 90s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2012-10-21 22:40 hUT (#517085-89)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

 

C/2012 K5 (LINEAR)  - detail
Image
False Colour CCD Image / Inverse Spectrum
(100% size, square root scaling, cropped)
Image details as above

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NGC 2976 - Spiral Galaxy - 14.8 mly

NGC 2976   (Ursa Major)
- an outlying member of the M81 group
Image
CCD Image (100% size, cropped)
4 x 90 sec exposure (median combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2012-10-21 21:43 h UT (#517142-45)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME
 
NGC 2976 - wider view
Image
CCD Image (50% size)
Image details as above

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NGC 6307 - Spiral Galaxy

NGC 6307   (Draco)
NGC 6307 - spiral galaxy (catalog mag +12.9)
NGC 6306 - spiral galacy (catalog mag +13.8)
Image
CCD Image (100% size, cropped)
4 x 90 sec exposure (median combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2012-10-21 21:55 h UT (#517149-53)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME
 
NGC 6307 - wider view
Image
CCD Image (50% size)
Image details as above

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Comet C/2012 J1 (Catalina)

C/2012 J1 (Catalina) 
(moving through starfield in Andromeda)
Image
Annotated CCD Image (50% size)
3  x 120s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2012-10-21 22:05 hUT (#517156-58)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

 

C/2012 J1 (Catalina) - detail
Image
CCD Image (100% size, cropped)
Image details as above

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Hickson 1 - Galaxy Group (UGC 248 et al)

Hickson 1 / UGC 248 et al (Andromeda)
PGC 1627 (UGC 248) - Spiral Galaxy (catalog +15.1)
PGC 1627 - Spiral Galaxy (catalog mag +15.6)
PGC 1614 - Elliptical Galaxy (catalog mag +16.0)
PGC 1618 - Spiral Galaxy (catalog mag +17.1)

Image
Annotated CCD Image (cropped)
4 x 90 sec exposure (median combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2012-10-21 22:21 h UT (#517168-71)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

 

Hickson 1 / UGC 248 et al - detail

Image
Negative CCD Image (cropped)
Image details as above

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PGC 9159 - Spiral Galaxy

PGC 9159  (Aries)
(no sign of SN 2012ey discovered 2012/09/16.440
Image
CCD Image (100% size, cropped)
3 x 120 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2012-10-21 22:44 h UT (#517188-90)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

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NGC 1647 - Open Cluster

NGC 1647 (Taurus)
Image 
CCD Image Mosaic (4x5, 25% size)
30s sec exposure, 3x3 binning, C Filter
2012-10-21 23:19 h UT (#517223-42)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME
[larger size, 50%]

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Hickson 100 - Galaxy Group (NGC 7803 et al)

Hickson 100 / NGC 7803 et al (Pegasus)
NGC 7803 - Spiral Galaxy (catalog +13.2)
PGC 108 - Spiral Galaxy (catalog mag +15.4)
PGC 89 - Spiral Galaxy (catalog mag +16.0)
PGC 134 - Galaxy (catalog mag +16.1)
PGC 92 - Spiral Galaxy (catalog mag +17.1)
PGC 1424891 - Galaxy (catalog mag +17.9)
PGC 78 - Spiral Galaxy (catalog mag +18.1)
PGC 97 - Galaxy (catalog mag  + -.-)

Image
Annotated CCD Image (cropped)
4 x 90 sec exposure (median combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2012-10-21 23:35 h UT (#517244-48)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

 

Hickson 100 / NGC 7803 et al - detail

Image
Negative CCD Image (cropped)
Image details as above

 

Hickson 100 / NGC 7803 et al - detail - wider view

Image
CCD Image (50% size)
Image details as above

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NGC 7909 - Elliptical Galaxy  (Galaxy Group : ARP 150 / Hickson 95)

ARP 150 / NGC 7909 / Hickson 95 (Pegasus)

ARP 150 / NGC 7909 / Hickson 95  - detail

Image

 Image
Annotated CCD Image (cropped)
4 x 90s sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2010-12-21 23:45 hUT (#517250-54)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME 		Negative CCD Image (cropped)
Image details as left
   

ARP 150 / Hickson 95 - Earlier Image (2010-11-15)

ARP 150 / Hickson 95 - Earlier Image (2010-11-15)

Image

 Image
Annotated CCD Image (cropped)
8 x 60s sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2010-11-15 22:51 hUT (#437294-301)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME 		Negative CCD Image (cropped)
Image details as left

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NGC 7674 Galaxy Group (Hickson 96 / ARP 182 )

NGC 7674 galaxy group / Hickson 96 / ARP 182 (Pegasus)

Image
Annotated CCD Image (cropped)
4 x 90 sec exposure (median combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2012-10-21 23:56 h UT (#517257-62)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

 

NGC 7674 galaxy group - detail

Image
Negative CCD Image (cropped)
Image details as above

 

NGC 7674 galaxy group - wider view

Image
Negative CCD Image (cropped)
Image details as above

 

NGC 7674 galaxy group - Earlier Image (2006-12-08)

Image
Annotated CCD Image 
3 x 3 min exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2006-12-08 20:32h UT (#160128-32)
8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E

 

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Hickson 20 - Galaxy Cluster

Hickson 20 (Aries)
PGC 10366 - elliptical galaxy (catalog mag +16.7)
PGC 10364 - spiral galaxy (catalog mag + 16.9)
PGC 10365 - elliptical galaxy (catalog mag +16.9)
PGC 10369 - spiral galaxy (catalog mag +17.4)
PGC 10367 - elliptical galaxy (catalog mag +18.0)
PGC 10368 - spiral galaxy (catalog mag +18.4)
Image
Annotated CCD Image (100% size, cropped)
5  x 90s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2012-10-21 22:40 hUT (#517265-69)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

  

Hickson 20  - detail
Image
CCD Image (100% size, cropped)
Image details as above

  

Hickson 20  - wider view
Image
CCD Image (50% size)
Image details as above
[Full size image]

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PLN 164+31.1 - Planetary Nebula ("Headphones Nebula")

PLN 164+31.1  (Lynx)
Also known as  Jones-Emberson 1 (JE-1) , PNG 164.8+31.1, PK 164+31.1
Image
CCD Image
9  x 120s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2012-10-22 00:22 hUT (#517272-79)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

 

PLN 164+31.1  - detail
Image
CCD Image (50% size, gamma enhanced)
Image details as above

  

PLN 164+31.1  - Earlier Image (2006-12-15)
Image
CCD Image
4 x 180s exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
Lightly Smoothed (blur function) 
2006-12-15 22:33 hUT (#163196-200)

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Variable Stars

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