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CCD Images - Session 531 (2012-12-06)

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Bullet 260/P McNaught - Comet
Bullet 168P/Hergenrother - Comet
Bullet C/2012 K5 (LINEAR) - Comet 
 
Bullet Variable Stars
Bullet Photometric Monitoring - Variables
- R CrB, CY Cyg, SS Cyg, U Her, DY Per, GK Per
Bullet Astrometric Monitoring - Nearby Stars

Attempts: 61 Cyg failed (poor vis)
- Late Evening session (4.1 hrs duration). Wind effected.
- Session operated under semi-automated control, with remote monitoring from indoors computer.  
(Power-Line networking)
- Ambient Temperature: -4.0 deg C (minimum)
- CCD operation -30 degC (at 58% 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. Opportunity also taken to image some deep sky objects.
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Comet C/2012 K5 (LINEAR)

C/2012 K5 (LINEAR) 
 (moving through starfield in Ursa Major)
Image Image
Annotated CCD Image (50% size)
5  x 60s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2012-12-06 18:42hUT (#531003-07)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME		 False Colour CCD Image / Inverse Spectrum
(100% size, square root scaling, cropped)
Image details as left

 

C/2012 K5 (LINEAR) - earlier image (2012-11-30)
 (moving through starfield in Canes Venatici)
Image Image
Annotated CCD Image (50% size)
5  x 60s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2012-11-30 17:45 hUT (#529017-21)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME		 False Colour CCD Image / Inverse Spectrum
(100% size, square root scaling, cropped)
Image details as left

 

C/2012 K5 (LINEAR)  - earlier image (2012-11-17)
 (moving through starfield in Bootes)
Image Image
Annotated CCD Image (50% size)
5  x 60s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2012-11-17 18:49 hUT (#526022-26)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME		 False Colour CCD Image / Inverse Spectrum
(100% size, square root scaling, cropped)
Image details as left

 

C/2012 K5 (LINEAR)  - earlier image (2012-11-08)
 (moving through starfield in Bootes)
Image Image
Annotated CCD Image (50% size)
5  x 60s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2012-11-08 20:14 hUT (#523101-05)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME		 False Colour CCD Image / Inverse Spectrum
(100% size, square root scaling, cropped)
Image details as left

 

C/2012 K5 (LINEAR)  - earlier image (2012-11-02)
 (moving through starfield in Bootes)
Image Image
Annotated CCD Image (50% size)
5  x 60s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2012-11-02 19:10 hUT (#520037-41)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME		 False Colour CCD Image / Inverse Spectrum
(100% size, square root scaling, cropped)
Image details as left

 

C/2012 K5 (LINEAR)  - earlier image (2012-11-01)
 (moving through starfield in Bootes)
Image Image
Annotated CCD Image (50% size)
5  x 60s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2012-11-01 20:12 hUT (#519018-22)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME		 False Colour CCD Image / Inverse Spectrum
(100% size, square root scaling, cropped)
Image details as left

 

C/2012 K5 (LINEAR)  - earlier image (2012-10-21)
 (moving through starfield in Bootes)
Image 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		 False Colour CCD Image / Inverse Spectrum
(100% size, square root scaling, cropped)
Image details as left

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260/P McNaught - Comet

260/P McNaught (2012-12-06)
 (moving through starfield in Andromeda)
Image
Annotated CCD Image (cropped)
4  x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2012-12-06  19:38 hUT (#531078-81)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

 

260/P McNaught - Earlier Image (2012-11-17)
 (moving through starfield in Andromeda)
Image
Annotated CCD Image (cropped)
10  x 30s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2012-11-17  21:33 hUT (#526234-43)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

 

260/P McNaught - Earlier Image (2012-11-01)
 (moving through starfield in Andromeda)
Image
Annotated CCD Image (cropped)
6  x 30s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2012-11-01 21:37 hUT (#519132-41)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

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Comet 168P/Hergenrother

168P/Hergenrother  -
(moving through starfield in Andromeda,  Sun Distance : 1.59 AU )
comet is barely visible,  marked by white cross-hairs (catalog mag +17.2)
Image Image
CCD Image (50% size)
5 x 60s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2012-12-06 20:07hUT (#531110-14)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME		 False Colour CCD Image / Inverse Spectrum
(100% size, square root scaling, cropped)
Image details as left

 

168P/Hergenrother  - earlier image (2012-11-29)
 (moving through starfield in Andromeda, Sun Distance : 1.56 AU )
Image Image
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

 

168P/Hergenrother - earlier image (2012-11-17)
 (moving through starfield in Andromeda)
Image Image
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

 

168P/Hergenrother - earlier image (2012-11-14)
 (moving through starfield in Andromeda)
Image Image
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

 

168P/Hergenrother - earlier image (2012-11-08)
 (moving through starfield in Andromeda)
Image Image
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

 

168P/Hergenrother - earlier image (2012-11-04)
 (moving through starfield in Andromeda)
Image Image
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

 

168P/Hergenrother - earlier image (2012-11-02)
 (moving through starfield in Andromeda)
Image Image
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 / Inverse Spectrum
(100% size, square root scaling, cropped)
Image details as left

 

168P/Hergenrother - earlier image (2012-11-01)
 (moving through starfield in Andromeda)
Image Image
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 / Inverse Spectrum
(100% size, square root scaling, cropped)
Image details as left

 

168P/Hergenrother  - earlier image (2012-10-29)
 (moving through starfield in Andromeda)
Image Image
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

 

Animation showing motion of comet 168P/Hergenrother over a 5 hour period
 (moving through starfield in Andromeda)

Image

CCD Image (cropped)
7 x 30s (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
Frame 1:  2012-11-02 19:16 hUT (#520044-50)
Frame 2:  2012-11-03 00:32 hUT (#520503-09)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

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Variable Stars

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