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CCD Images - Session 146 (2006-10-09)

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Bullet C/2006 M4 (Swan) - Comet
Bullet V1357 Cyg - Variable Star
Bullet Globular Clusters in M31
Bullet M33 - Attempted Observation of Extragalactic Nova: M33 2006 1
Bullet RV Ari - Variable Star
Bullet Nearby Stars
- Barnard's Star 
- 61 Cygni
Bullet Variable Star Monitoring 
- U Her, W And & U And (Mira variables)
- RV Ari 
- SS Cyg, HD 5501
- 3.3/4 hr session.
- CCD operation of -15 degC (at 50% cooling)
- main objectives where to acquire images of variables stars and nearby stars for photometric and astrometric studies. 
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C/2006 M4 (Swan) - Comet

Comet C/2006 M4 (Swan)
(passing through starfield in Canes Venatici)

Image

CCD Image Mosaic (75% size)
2 min exposure, 2x2 binning, C Filter
2006-10-09 19:31h UT (#146028-35)

  

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False Colour CCD Image 
Log brightness scaling (3000 ADU range)
5 x 60sec exposure (average combine, aligned on comet)
2x2 binning, C Filter
2006-10-09 19:11h UT (#146021-25)

 

False Colour CCD Image 
Log brightness scaling
(details as above)

 Image

CCD Image
Log Scale, False Colour
2 min exposure, 2x2 binning, C Filter
2006-10-09 19:11h UT (#146021-25)

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CCD Image 
Square root brightness scaling
(details as above)

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V1357 Cyg - Variable Star

V1357 Cyg (Cygnus)
Optical counterpart to X-ray source Cyg X-1 
 
A well known X ray binary star comprising star and a possible black hole. 
(This was the first blackhole candidate ever discovered)

Image

CCD Image
3 x 30 sec, 2x2 binning (average combine), C Filter
2006-09-12 20:18 h UT (#146089-91)

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Globular Clusters in M31

Globular Clusters in M31 (Andromeda) - Field 1
023-078 (catalog mag +14.2), 019-072 (catalog mag +14.9),
012-064 (catalog mag +15.1), 010-062 (catalog mag +16.8),
008-060 (catalog mag + 16.9), 004-050 (catalog mag +16.9),
038-098 (catalog mag + 16.5), 032-093 (catalog mag +17.6),
016-066 (catalog mag +17.6)

Image

CCD Image
5 x 2 min exposure, 2x2 binning (average combine), C Filter
2006-09-09 21:14 h UT (#146153-57)
 

Globular Clusters in M31 (Andromeda) - Field 2
311-033 (catalog mag +15.5), 315-038 (catalog mag +16.3),
318-042 (catalog mag +16.9), 319-044 (catalog mag +17.5),
325-000 (catalog mag + ???), 327-053 (catalog mag +16.6)

Image

CCD Image
3 x 3 min exposure, 2x2 binning (average combine), C Filter
2006-09-09 21:26 h UT (#146160-62)

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M33 - Attempted Observation of Extragalactic Nova : M33 2006 1

M33 part (Triangulum)
An extragalactic nova was discovered in M33 on 2006/09/28.20 
by University of Texas & Koichi Itagaki (CBET 655)
with an apparent magnitude of +16.5 
(Extragalactic Novae page at Rochester Supernova site | Discovery Image 1 | Discovery Image 2)

Image below (2006-10-09.) was taken 11 days after discovery.
Possible faint sign of an object  is seen at the recorded position of 
the recorded nova indicated by white marker 
(Image mag limit c. +17.4)

Image

CCD Image 
5 x 3 min exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2006-10-09 20:34h UT (#146107-11)

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RV Ari - Variable Star

RV Ari is a RR Lyra class variable with with a GCVS catalog period of 0.093128264 days (2 hr 14m) and magnitude min/max of 11.85 to 12.26.
Trial observing run made (cut short by developing cloud). Indications of period are evident

RV Ari - Variable Star (Aries)
RR Lyrae like star  

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Nearby Stars

Set of images (7 x 10s exp, C Filter) acquired for astrometric measurements on previous evening (2006-10-03).
Part of a ongoing study to attempt to measure proper motion and annual parallax of Barnard's Star.  (Barnards Star Project).

Set of images (7 x 5s exp, C Filter) acquired for astrometric measurements.
Part of an ongoing study to attempt to measure proper motion and annual parallax of 61 Cygni  ( 61 Cygni Project )

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Variable Stars

Set of BVR Images collected as part of an ongoing study of this new variable [HD 5501 project

Set of BVR Images collected as part of an ongoing study of this variable [SS Cyg project]

Set of BRVI Images collected as part of an ongoing study to develop a light curve for this Mira variable [W And project

Set of BVRI Images collected as part of an ongoing study to develop a light curve for this Mira variable [U And project

  Set of VR Images collected as part of an ongoing study of this variable 

 

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