David's Astronomy Pages
CCD Images - Session 457 (2011-02-25)

Objects Session Notes
Bullet NGC 3016 - Spiral Galaxy
Bullet M78 - Bright Nebula
Bullet Palomar 2 - Globular Cluster
Bullet Variable Stars
Bullet Photometric Monitoring - Variables
- FO And, RX And, Z And, S Cyg, SS Cyg, BL Lac, CZ Ori

- SZ Lyn attempt (aborted)

Bullet Astrometric Monitoring - Nearby Stars
- EV Lac
- Early evening  session (4.8 hrs),
- Session operated under semi-automated control, with remote monitoring from indoors computer. 
- Ambient Temperature: +5.5 deg C  (minimum)
- CCD operation -25 degC (at 75% average cooling).  
- main objectives of the session was to acquire images of selected project stars for ongoing photometric analysis.

NGC 3016 - Spiral Galaxy

NGC 3016  (Leo)
Other galaxies  NGC 3019 (top left) , PGC 28260 (bottom right)
Image
CCD Image (cropped)
5 x 120sec exposure (average combine),  3x3 binning, C Filter
2011-02-25 20:59 h UT  (#457154-58)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

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M78 - Bright Nebula

M78 (Orion)
Image
CCD Image (75% size,. cropped)
4 x 45sec exposure (average combine),  3x3 binning, C Filter
2011-02-25 21:16 h UT  (#457171-74)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME
 
 M78 - Earlier Image ( 2004-11-02 )
Image
CCD Image, 6x60s exposure (average combine)
C Filter
2004-11-02 01:37h UT (#73130-35)
8" LX200 classic + ST-7e

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Palomar 2 - Globular Cluster

Palomar 2 (Auriga)
Image
CCD Image (cropped)
3 x 60sec exposure (average combine),  3x3 binning, C Filter
2011-02-25 23:04 h UT  (#457274-76)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME
 
Palomar 2 - Earlier Image (2007-09-02)
(Image effected by haze & light from moon)
Image
CCD Image 
3 x 2 min exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2007-09-02 23:15h UT (#209161-63)

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Variable Stars

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