David's Astronomy Pages CCD Images - Session 573 (2014-12-02)

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C/2011 J2 LINEAR - Comet C/2014 Q3 Borisov - Comet Hickson 41 - Galaxy Group Hickson 39 - Galaxy Group Hickson 40 - Galaxy Group Hickson 36 - Galaxy Group   IW And - Variable Star (Z Camelopardalis-type) Nova Delphini 2013 - nova M15 - Globular Cluster NGC 7510 - Open Cluster NGC 133 - Open Cluster Berk 4 - Open Cluster NGC 1502 - Open Cluster Tombaugh 5 Attempt - Open Cluster     Photometric Monitoring - Variables   FO And, IW And, RX And, U And, Z And, TT Ari. FS Aur, KR Aur, CV CMi, SY Cnc, R CrB, CI Cyg, S Cyg, SS Cyg, U Gem, AM Her, U Her, BL Lac, RZ LMi, CY Lyr, CN Ori, CZ Ori, FO Ori, FU Ori, NV Ori, DY Per, GK Per, UV Per, FG Sge, U Sge, V Sge, WZ Sge, RR Tau, SU Tau, ER UMa     Astrometric Monitoring - Nearby Stars   Ross 248 (HH And), Groombridge 34, EV Lac, CN Leo, Teegardens Star

- All night session (14.5 hrs duration).   Very good seeing, almost windless. Moonlight and high thin cloud. - Session operated under semi-automated control, with remote monitoring from indoors computer.   - Ambient Temperature:  Temperature falling progressively from +2 degC at dusk to a minimum of -2.0 degC by dawn - CCD operation -25 degC (at 57% average cooling).  - Main objectives of the session was to monitor selected variable stars & nearby stars and to take gallery images of a range of deep sky objects.   -   -

C/2011 J2 LINEAR - Comet

C/2011 J2 LINEAR (Passing through starfield in Pegasus ) Sun distance 4.62 AU

CCD Image (100% size, cropped) 4 x 45 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2014-12-02 19:47hUT (#573179-82) 12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME

C/2011 J2 LINEAR - Earlier Image (Passing through starfield in Pegasus ) Sun distance 4.61 AU

Annotated CCD Image (100% size, cropped) 3 x 45 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2014-11-30 20:22hUT (#572086-89) 12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME

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C/2014 Q3 Borisov - Comet

C/2014 Q3 Borisov  (Passing through starfield in Pegasus ) Sun distance 1.66 AU

CCD Image (100% size, cropped) 3 x 45 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2014-12-02 21:20hUT (#573282-84) 12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME

C/2014 Q3 Borisov - Image Animation Showing motion over a 1h 40m period

CCD Image Animation (100% size, cropped) 3 x 45 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter Frame 1 :  2014-12-02 19:40hUT (#573173-75) Frame 2 :  2014-12-02 21:20hUT (#573282-84) 12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME

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Hickson 41 - Galaxy Group

Follow up images required (only 1 frame was acceptable)

Hickson 41 (Ursa Major)

CCD Image (50% size) 90 sec exposure (single frame), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2014-12-02 23:44hUT (#573400) 12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME

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Hickson 39 - Galaxy Group

Hickson 39 (Hydra)

CCD Image (75% size, cropped) 4 x 90 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2014-12-03 04:38hUT (#573777-80) 12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME

Hickson 39 - detail PGC 1120300 (catalog mag +17.1), PGC 26931 (catalog mag +17.4), PGC 26929 (catalog mag +17.1), PGC 26926 (catalog mag +17.1), PGC 26925 (catalog mag +17.7)

Annotated CCD Image (150% size, cropped) Image details as above

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Hickson 42 - Galaxy Group

Hickson 42 (Hydra)

CCD Image (50% size) 5 x 90 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2014-12-03 04:49hUT (#573783-89) 12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME

Hickson 42 - detail NGC 3091 (catalog mag +11.2), NGC 3096 (catalog mag +13.8), PGC 28922 (catalog mag +14.3),  PGC 28926 (catalog mag +16.1) PGC 852084 (catalog mag +15.8) (Note: a number of fainter galaxies are not visible in this image)

Annotated CCD Image (100% size, cropped) Image details as above

Hickson 42 - negative image

Negative CCD Image (100% size, cropped) Image details as above

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Hickson 40 - Galaxy Group

Hickson 40 (Hydra)

CCD Image (50% size) 4 x 90 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2014-12-03 05:05hUT (#573795-98) 12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME

Hickson 40 - detail PGC 27509 (catalog mag +13.8), PGC 27516 (catalog mag +15.1), PGC 27515 (catalog mag +17.4), PGC 27508 (catalog mag +15.6) PGC 27513 (catalog mag +14.9)

Annotated CCD Image (100% size, cropped) Image details as above

Hickson 40 - negative image

Negative CCD Image (100% size, cropped) Image details as above

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Hickson 36 - Galaxy Group

Hickson 36 (Cancer)

CCD Image (50% size) 5 x 90 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2014-12-03 05:16hUT (#573803-07) 12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME

Hickson 36 - detail IC 528 (catalog mag +15.0), PGC 25791 (catalog mag +16.8), PGC 25779 (catalog mag +17.4), PGC 25782 (catalog mag +17.5) The bright foreground star is SAO 98393 (mag +8.8)

Annotated CCD Image (100% size, cropped) Image details as above

Hickson 36 - negative image

Negative CCD Image (100% size, cropped) Image details as above

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IW And - Variable Star (Z Camelopardalis-type)

IW And (Andromeda) CVnet reports that this star is in outburst GCVS Catalog :  Type UGZ, Mag Range +13.7 to +17.3 The approximate magnitude in the image below is +14.1 (C) which confirms an outburst

Annotated CCD Image (100% size, cropped) 3 x 15 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2014-11-30 19:48hUT (#572028-34) 12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME

IW And - Wider View

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

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 Nova Delphini 2013 - nova

Nova Delphini 2013 (Delphinus) Nova Delphini was discovered on 14th August 2013 by Japanese observer Koichi Itagaki at magnitude +6.8.  Koichi had imaged the same field the day before and nothing was visible at the same location. The progenitor star was identified from archive images as being magnitude +16.9 The image below was taken 474 days after discovery when the nova had faded to around +13.1

CCD Image (cropped) 5 x 5 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2014-11-30 21:19hUT (#572171-75) 12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME

Earlier Image of Nova Delphini (2014)  - 2014-10-29 taken 441 days after discovery when nova had faded to around ~ +13.1 (NB poor  sky transparency)

CCD Image (cropped) 5 x 5 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2014-10-29 00:34hUT (#566428-32) 12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME

Earlier Image of Nova Delphini (2013)  - 2013-11-01 taken 80 days after discovery when nova had faded to around +10.6

CCD Image (cropped) 4 x 5 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2013-11-01 19:03hUT (#552148-52) 12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

Earlier Image of Nova Delphini (2013)  - 2013-10-27 taken 75 days after discovery when nova had faded to around +10.5

CCD Image (cropped) 5 sec exposure (single frame), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2013-10-27 22:18hUT (#551028) 12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

Earlier Image of Nova Delphini (2013)  - 2013-10-11 taken 59 days after discovery when nova had faded to around +9.5

CCD Image (cropped) 5 x 5 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2013-10-11 19:08hUT (#547165-69) 12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

Earlier Image of Nova Delphini (2013)  - 2013-09-08 taken 25 days after discovery when nova was at magnitude +7.5

CCD Image (cropped) 5 x 5 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2013-09-08 22:19hUT (#546057-61) 12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

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M15 - Globular Cluster

M15 (Pegasus)

CCD Image (35% size) 4 x 30 sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2014-11-30 21:30hUT (#572186-91) 12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME

M15 - detail

CCD Image (80% size, cropped) Image details as above

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NGC 7510 - Open Cluster

NGC 7510 (Cepheus)

CCD Image (75% size) 3 x 20 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter  2014-11-30 22:19 h UT (#572247-51) 12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME

NGC 7510 - Earlier Image (2012-02-06)

CCD Image (75% size) 3 x 30 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter  2012-02-06 21:22 h UT (#501050-54) 12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

NGC 7510 - Earlier Image (2007-12-22)

CCD Image 3 x 60 sec (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2007-12-22 21:59hUT (#245728-30) 8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E

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NGC 133 - Open Cluster

NGC 133 (Cassiopeia)

CCD Image (50% size) 5 x 20 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2014-11-30 22:24hUT (#572254-58) 12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME

NGC 133 - detail

CCD Image (75% size) Image details as above [ Full Size Image ]

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Berk 4 - Open Cluster

Berk 4 (Cassiopeia)

CCD Image (50% size) 5 x 20 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2014-11-30 22:28hUT (#572261-65) 12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME

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NGC 1502 -  Open Cluster

NGC 1502 (Camelopardalis)

CCD Image (75% size) 5 x 20 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter  2014-11-30 22:33 h UT  (#572269-73) 12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME

NGC 1502 - Earlier Image (2012-02-06)

CCD Image (75% size) 4 x 10 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter  2012-02-06 21:56 h UT  (#501090-94) 12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

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Tombaugh 5 Attempt -  Open Cluster

Tombaugh 5 Attempt (Camelopardalis)

CCD Image (50% size) 5 x 45 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter  2014-11-30 22:59 h UT  (#572283-87) 12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME

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Variable Stars

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