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NGC 1569 - Irregular Galaxy NGC 2976 - Spiral Galaxy - 14.8 mly NGC 3359 - Spiral Galaxy NGC 6869 - Spiral Galaxy NGC 6796 - Spiral Galaxy NGC 5866 - Spiral Galaxy NGC 6607, NGC 6608, NGC 6609 - Adjacent Galaxies C/2012 F6 (Lemmon) - Comet Variable Stars Photometric Monitoring - Variables - RX And, Z And, TT Ari, R CrB, CI Cyg, SS Cyg, U Her, BL Lac, GK Per, FG Sge, U Sge, V Sge, WZ Sge Astrometric Monitoring - Nearby Stars - None
- Evening session (3.9 hrs duration). - Session operated under semi-automated control, with remote monitoring from indoors computer. - Ambient Temperature: 2.5 degC minimum - CCD operation -25 degC (at 69% average cooling). - main objectives of the session were to acquire images selected project stars for ongoing photometric and astrometric analysis, and to take images of selected galaxies in Ursa Major/Draco region. -
| NGC 1569 (Camelopardalis) |
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CCD Image (50% size) 4 x 120 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2013-10-15 19:08hUT (#549026-31) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME |
| NGC 1569 - detail |
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CCD Image (linear scale, cropped)
Image details as above |
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CCD Image (log scale, cropped)
Image details as above |
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False Colour CCD Image (square root scale, cropped)
Image details as above (Inverse Spectrum) |
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| NGC 2976 (Ursa Major) - an outlying member of the M81 group |
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| CCD Image (50% size) 5 x 120 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2013-10-15 19:28h UT (#549046-50) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME |
| NGC 2976 - detail |
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| CCD Image (100% size, cropped) Image details as above |
| NGC 2976 - Earlier Image (2012-10-21) |
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| 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 |
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| NGC 3359 (Ursa Major) |
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| CCD Image (50% size) 5 x 120 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2013-10-15 19:42h UT (#549053-57) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME |
| NGC 3359 - wider view |
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| CCD Image (100% size, cropped) Image details as above |
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| NGC 6869 (Draco) |
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| CCD Image (100% size) 4 x 120 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2013-10-15 20:11h UT (#549084-87) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME |
| NGC 6869 - detail |
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| CCD Image (log scaling, 150% size,
cropped) Image details as above |
| NGC 6869 - wider view |
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| CCD Image (50% size) Image details as above |
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| NGC 6796 (Draco) |
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| CCD Image (100% size, cropped) 5 x 120 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2013-10-15 20:24h UT (#549091-95) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME |
| NGC 6796 - wider view |
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| CCD Image (50% size) Image details as above |
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NGC 5866 (Draco) |
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| CCD Image (Linear Brightness Scale,
cropped) 5 x 120s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2013-10-15 20:38hUT (#549098-102) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME |
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NGC 5866 - detail |
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| CCD Image (Linear Brightness Scale,
cropped) Image details as above |
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NGC 5866 - Earlier Image (2010-09-27) |
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| CCD Image (Linear Brightness Scale,
cropped) 5 x 90s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2010-09-27 00:32hUT (#429291-95) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME |
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NGC 6609 (Draco) |
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| CCD Image (cropped) 5 x 120s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2013-10-15 21:09hUT (#549122-26) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME |
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C/2012 F6 (Lemmon) |
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CCD Image ( cropped) 5 x 60 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C filter, 2013-10-15 21:48hUT (#549173-77) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME |
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C/2012 F6 (Lemmon) - Earlier Image,
2013-10-12 |
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CCD Image ( cropped) 4 x 60 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C filter, 2013-10-12 21:18hUT (#548174-78) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME |
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C/2012 F6 (Lemmon) - Earlier Image,
2013-10-11 |
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CCD Image ( cropped) 5 x 60 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C filter, 2013-10-11 20:35hUT (#547266-70) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME |
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| Last Updated : | 2015-05-16 |
| Site Owner : | David Richards |
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