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Objects Session Notes
168P/Hergenrother - Comet HT Cas KT Per Variable Stars Photometric Monitoring - Variables - RX And, W And, Z And, HT Cas, BL Lac, DY Per, GK Per, KT Per Attempts: U And failed (cloud), CI Cyg failed (wind), S Cyg failed (wind), SS Cyg failed (wind)
Astrometric Monitoring - Nearby Stars
Attempts: Ross 248 failed (low vis), Groombridge 34 failed (cloud)
- Late Evening session (1.9 hrs duration). - Session operated under semi-automated control, with remote monitoring from indoors computer.
(Power-Line networking)- Ambient Temperature: -2.0 deg C (minimum) - CCD operation -30 degC (at 64% average cooling). - main objectives of the session were to perform further software testing and to acquire images of selected project stars for ongoing photometric and astrometric analysis. -
168P/Hergenrother -
Sun Distance : 1.56 AU |
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CCD Image (50% size) 8 x 15s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2012-11-29 22:53 hUT (#528038-46.) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME |
False Colour CCD Image /
Inverse Spectrum (100% size, square root scaling, cropped) Image details as left |
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168P/Hergenrother - earlier
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CCD Image (50% size) 3 x 15s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2012-11-17 19:28 hUT (#526067-74) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME |
False Colour CCD Image /
Inverse Spectrum (100% size, square root scaling, cropped) Image details as left |
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168P/Hergenrother - earlier
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CCD Image (50% size) 9 x 15s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2012-11-14 23:13 hUT (#525061-69 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME |
False Colour CCD Image /
Inverse Spectrum (100% size, square root scaling, cropped) Image details as left |
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168P/Hergenrother - earlier
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CCD Image (50% size) 6 x 15s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2012-11-08 20:22 hUT (#523108-15) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME |
False Colour CCD Image /
Inverse Spectrum (100% size, square root scaling, cropped) Image details as left |
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168P/Hergenrother - earlier
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CCD Image (50% size) 9 x 15s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2012-11-04 20:27 hUT (#521058-66) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME |
False Colour CCD Image /
Inverse Spectrum (100% size, square root scaling, cropped) Image details as left |
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168P/Hergenrother - earlier
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CCD Image (50% size) 7 x 15s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2012-11-02 19:16 hUT (#520044-50) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME |
False Colour CCD Image /
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168P/Hergenrother - earlier
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CCD Image (50% size) 6 x 15s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2012-11-01 20:19 hUT (#519025-32) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME |
False Colour CCD Image /
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168P/Hergenrother - earlier
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CCD Image (50% size) 6 x 15s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2012-10-29 19:19 hUT (#518017-28) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME |
False Colour CCD Image /
Inverse Spectrum (100% size, square root scaling, cropped) Image details as left |
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Animation showing motion of comet
168P/Hergenrother over a 5 hour period |
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