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Images - Session 429 (2010-09-26)

Objects Session Notes
Bullet 103P/Hartley - Comet
   
Bullet NGC 5866 - Spiral Galaxy (Herschel I-215)
   
Bullet Photometric Monitoring - Variables
- RX And, U And, W And, Z And, R CrB, CI Cyg, S Cyg, SS Cyg
- AM Her, BL Lac, CY Lyr, TZ, Lyr, RU Peg, DY Per, 
- GK Peer, FG Sge, U Sge, V Sge, WZ Sge

- V Sge, WZ Sge attempts (failed due to dew)
   
Bullet Astrometric Monitoring - Nearby Stars
- Ross 248 (HH And ), Groombridge 34
 
- Late evening  session (3.8 hrs),
- Session operated under semi-automated control, with remote monitoring from indoors computer. 
- Ambient Temperature:  2.5°C  (minimum)
- CCD operation -20°C (at 54% average cooling).  
- main objectives of the session was to acquire images of selected project stars for ongoing photometric analysis. and to acquire several Star Spectra
- Notes 2010-09-26

103P/Hartley - Comet

Comet  103P/Hartley 
passing through starfield in Cassiopeia 

Image
Annotated CCD Image (cropped)
5  x 30s exposure (aligned on comet, average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2010-09-26 21:17 hUT (#429005-09)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

  

Comet  103P/Hartley - previous image (2010-09-11)

Image
Annotated CCD Image (cropped)
5  x 30s exposure (aligned on comet, average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2010-09-11 21:49 hUT (#428036-40)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

 

Comet  103P/Hartley - earlier image (2010-08-20)

Image
Annotated CCD Image (cropped)
5  x 30s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2010-08-20 21:32 hUT (#423018-22)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

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NGC 5866 - Spiral Galaxy (Herschel I-215)

NGC 5866 (Draco)
Alias : Herschel I-215,  Hidden Treasures catalog object 75
[ Herschel 400 Objects ]  [ Hidden Treasures ]

Image
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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