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CCD Images - Session 335 (2008-12-18)

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Objects Session Notes
Bullet NGC 2169 - Open Cluster
Bullet NGC 2022 - Planetary Nebula
Bullet PGC 17033 - Galaxy Cluster (part of Abell 539)
Bullet NGC 2194 - Open Cluster
Bullet Astrometric & Photometric Monitoring
- U Gem  (dwarf nova)
- U Her (mira)
- BL Lac (blazar)
- R CrB,
DY Per, RR Tau (variables)
- Gliese 412 (nearby stars)

SS Cyg, HIP 36208  (failed due to cloud/poor transparency)
- Evening session (6.1 hrs)
- Ambient Temperature  +1.5 degC falling to 0degC (minimum) before rising again to +1 degC by end of session
- CCD operation -25 degC (at 69% average cooling).  
- main objective of the session was  to acquire images of key selected stars for ongoing photometric and astrometric analysis. 
- opportunity taken to acquire images of a few deep sky objects
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NGC 2169 - Open Cluster

NGC 2169 / Herschel VIII-24 (Orion)
Hidden Treasures 36
  [ Herschel 400 Objects ]  [ Open Star Clusters ]  [ Hidden Treasures ]

Image

CCD Image 
3 x 60s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2008-12-18 21:31 h UT (#335228-30)
  

NGC 2169  - detail

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CCD Image (Square root scaling)
Image details as above

 

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Approximate Colour CCD Image 
2x2 binning, 
Blue : 3 x 60s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, B Filter
Green : 3 x 45s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, V Filter
Red : 3 x 45s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, R Filter
2008-12-18 21:39 h UT (#335232-42)

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PGC 17033 - Galaxy Cluster (part of Abell 539)

PGC 17033 / part of Abell 539 (Orion)

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CCD Image 
4 x 180s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2008-12-18 21:54 h UT (#335245-49)
  

PGC 17033 / Abell 539 - detail

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Negative CCD Image
Image details as above

 

Image

Annotated Negative CCD Image (200% size)
Image details as above

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NGC 2022 - Planetary Nebula

NGC 2022 (Orion)

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CCD Image 
3 x 45s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2008-12-18 22:05 h UT (#335252-54)
  

NGC 2022 - detail

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Negative CCD Image (250% size, cropped)
Image details as above

 

NGC 2022 - spectra

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CCD Spectra 
3 x 120s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, 
Star Analyser 100 Filter
2008-12-18 22:30 h UT (#335276-78)

 

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CCD Spectra (200% size, rotated, cropped)
Image details as above

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NGC 2194 - Open Cluster

NGC 2194 / Herschel VI-5 (Orion)

Image

CCD Image 
5 x 60s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2008-12-18 22:38 h UT (#335281-85)

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Astrometric and Photometric Monitoring

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