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CCD Images - Session 577 (2014-12-29)

Objects Session Notes
Bullet C/2011 J2 LINEAR - Comet
Bullet 110P/Hartley - Comet
   
Bullet Photometric Monitoring - Variables
  IW And, RX And, U And, W And, Z And, TT Ari, FS Aur, KR Aur, CI Cyg, SS Cyg, U Gem, BL Lac, SZ Lyn, CY Lyr, DY Per, GK Per, UV Per, FG Sge, V Sge, WZ Sge, RR Tau, SU Tau, ER UMa
   
Bullet Astrometric Monitoring - Nearby Stars
  HH And, Groombridge 34, EV Lac, Teegarden's Star
- Evening session (4.0 hrs duration).  
- Session operated under semi-automated control, with remote monitoring from indoors computer.  
- Ambient Temperature:  Temperature falling to minimum of -4.0 degC by end of session.
- CCD operation -30 degC (at 58% 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.  
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C/2011 J2 LINEAR - Comet

C/2011 J2 LINEAR (Passing through starfield in Pegasus)
Sun distance 4.78 AU
 Image
Annotated CCD Image (100% size, cropped)
4 x 45 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2014-12-29  20:10hUT (#577145-48)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
  
C/2011 J2 LINEAR - Earlier Image (2014-12-02)
(Passing through starfield in Pegasus )
Sun distance 4.62 AU
Image
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 (2014-11-30)
(Passing through starfield in Pegasus )
Sun distance 4.61 AU
Image
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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110P/Hartley - Comet

Comet 110P/Hartley  
  (moving through starfield in Gemini)
Sun Distance 2.48  AU
Image
CCD Image (cropped)
4 x 90 sec exposure (average combine,), 3x3 binning, C filter, 
2014-12-29 22:24hUT (#577299-303)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
  
Comet 110P/Hartley  - Earlier Image (2014-11-03)
  (moving through starfield in Gemini)
Sun Distance 2.49  AU
Image
CCD Image (cropped)
3 x 90 sec exposure (average combine,), 3x3 binning, C filter, 
2014-11-03 01:12hUT (#567445-46)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
  
Comet 110P/Hartley - Earlier Image (2008-01-07)
  (moving through starfield on boundary between Taurus and Auriga)
Sun Distance 2.48  AU
Image
CCD Image, 
3 x 120 sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2008-01-07 22:07h UT (#251150-52)
 
Comet 110P/Hartley  - Earlier Image (2007-12-02)
(moving through starfield in Auriga)
Sun Distance 2.51AU
Image
CCD Image, 
3 x 120 sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2007-12-02  06:59h UT (#238159-61)

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Variable Stars

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