David's Astronomy Pages
CCD Images - Session 704 (2019-10-02)

Objects Session Notes
Bullet NGC 5714 - Spiral Galaxy
Bullet NGC 6765 - Planetary Nebula
Bullet NGC 125 - Spiral Galaxy
Bullet UGC 1503 - Elliptical Galaxy (LGG 42 Member)
Bullet UGC 1641 - Spiral Galaxy (LGG 42 Member)
Bullet UGC 1470 - Spiral Galaxy
Bullet UGC 2614 - Spiral Galaxy with AT 2019pxo
Bullet NGC 4157 - Spiral Galaxy
Bullet C/2018 N2 (ASASSN) - Comet
Bullet ARP 147 - Ring Galaxy (IC 298 & 298A, ?UGCA 57)
Bullet NGC 809 - Spiral Galaxy
Bullet NGC 1110 - Spiral Galaxy (UGCA 43)
Bullet NGC 1614 - Spiral Galaxy
   
Bullet Variable Stars (photometric monitoring)
  - V Sge

   
Bullet Nearby Stars (astrometric monitoring)
 - None

    
   
- Night session (6.3 hours)

Session operated in fully automated mode with  monitoring during the first 30 minutes

- Main aim of the session was to take images of selected comets & deep sky targets and to checkout bug fixes to AstroMain / AstroGuard.
   
- 12" LX200 + ST-10XME for imaging
- TS 80mm APO + ZWO ASI178MC for guiding & imaging
- Ambient Temperature:  6.0°C (min) before climbing later to 8°C
Outdoors 5.5°C (min)
(Dew heaters on automated)
- CCD Temperature:  -15°C  (69% av. power)
- Notes from 2019-10-02 >>
    
   

NGC 5714 - Spiral Galaxy

NGC 5714 (Bootes)
Flat Galaxy Atlas Object
Image
CCD Image (50% size, square root scale)
2 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-10-02 21:25 UT (#704004-05)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
   
NGC 5714 & adjacent galaxies
Image
Annotated CCD Image (100% size, square root scale)
Image details as above
   
NGC 5714 - Detail
Image
CCD Image (100% size, square root scale, cropped)
Image details as above
   

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NGC 6765 - Planetary Nebula

NGC 6765 (Lyra)
Faint Pl.Neb.  Ref Ast.Now Oct 2019
Image
Annotated CCD Image (50% size, linear)
5 x 120s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-10-02 22:02 UT (#704034-40)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
   
NGC 6765 - Detail
Image
CCD Image (150% size, linear, cropped)
Image details as above
   
NGC 6765 - Earlier Image (2010)
Image
CCD Image (Linear Brightness Scale, SubFrame)
60s exposure (single frame), 2x2 binning, C Filter 
2010-08-30 22:06hUT (#426075)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME
   

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NGC 125 - Spiral Galaxy (NGC 128 Galaxy Group)

NGC 125 (Pisces)

NGC 125 (image centre, catalog mag +12.4) with adjacent galaxies
NGC 126 (catalog mag +14.4), NGC 127 (Catalog mag +14.8),
NGC 128 (catalog mag +11.8), NGC 130 (catalog mag +14.4),
PGC 212533 (alias LEDA 212533, catalog mag +17.2)

The group of galaxies is collectively known as the NGC 128 Galaxy Group
and are part of LGG 6 (12 members in total)
Ast. Now Deep Sky Challenge Object  Nov 2023
[ Deep Sky Challanges (Ast.Now) ]
Image
Annotated CCD Image (50% size, square root scale)
5 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-10-02 22:22 UT (#704043-47)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
   
NGC 125 - Detail
Ring Galaxy, J.Lowrey List
[ Ring Galaxies ]
Image
CCD Image (100% size, log scale, cropped)
Image details as above
   

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UGC 1503 - Elliptical Galaxy (LGG 42 Member)

UGC 1503 (Triangulum)
LGG 42 Member
Image
CCD Image  (100% size, square root scale, cropped)
5 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-10-02 22:42 UT (#704050-54)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
   
UGC 1503 - Earlier Detail (2019-09-28)
Image
CCD Image (100% size, square root scale, cropped)
3 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-09-28 23:02 UT (#701017-19)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
   
UGC 1503 - Earlier Wider View  (2019-09-28)
Image
Annotated CCD Image (50% size)
Image details as above
   

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UGC 1641 - Spiral Galaxy (LGG 42 Member)

UGC 1641 (Triangulum)
LGG 42 Member
Image
CCD Image  (50% size, linear scale)
4 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-10-02 23:00 UT (#704057-61)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
   
UGC 1641 - Detail
Image
Annotated CCD Image (100% size, linear scale, cropped)
Image details as above
   
Image
Negative CCD Image (100% size,  linear scale, cropped)
Image details as above
   

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UGC 1470 - Spiral Galaxy (LGG 42 Member)

UGC 1470 (Triangulum)
LGG 42 Member
Image
CCD Image (50% size, linear scale)
5 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-10-02 23:25 UT (#704064-68)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
   
UGC 1470 - Detail
Image
CCD Image (100% size, linear scale, cropped)
Image details as abovve
   
UGC 1470 - Earlier Image (2019-09-28)
Image
CCD Image (100% size, linear scale, cropped)
180s exposure (single frame), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-09-28 22:14 UT (#701004)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
   

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UGC 2614 - Spiral Galaxy with AT 2019pxo

UGC 2614 with SN 2019pxo (Perseus)
AT 2019pxo, discovered 2019/09/10.546
 
UGC 2614 with SN 2019pxo - 2019-10-02 (T+22.4)
Image below (2019-10-02.991) was taken 22.4 days after discovery of SN 2019pxo
Image
CCD Image (100% size, square root scale)
3 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-10-02 23:47 UT (#704071-75)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
   
Image
Negative CCD Image (100% size, square root scale)
Image details as above
   
Images of SN 2019pxo (UGC 2614) on Supernovae 2019 Page >>

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NGC 4157 - Spiral Galaxy

NGC 4157 (Ursa Major)
Flat Galaxy Atlas Object
Image
CCD Image (100% size, square root scale, cropped)
2 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-10-03 00:12 UT (#704080-81)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
   
NGC 4157 - Wider View
Image
CCD Image (50% size, square root scale)
Image details as above
   
NGC 4157 (Ursa Major) - Earlier Image (2019-09-06)
Image effected by wind shake / poor seeing
Image
CCD Image (50% size, square root scale)
2 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-09-06 21:33 UT (#690024-25)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
   

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C/2018 N2 (ASASSN) - Comet

C/2018 N2 (ASASSN) (passing through Triangulum)
Sun Distance 3.15 AU
Earth Distance 2.27 AU (339.3 million km)
Image
CCD Image (50% size, square root scale)
3 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-10-03 00:32 UT (#704092-94)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
   
C/2018 N2 (ASASSN)  - Detail
Image
CCD Image (100% size, square root scale, cropped)
Image details as above
   
Image
Negative CCD Image (100% size, square root scale, cropped)
Image details as above
   
     More Images of C/2018 N2 (ASASSN)

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ARP 147 - Ring Galaxy (IC 298 & 298A, ?UGCA 57)

IC 298 / ARP 147 (Cetus)
Alias : ? UGCA 57 ?
Ring Galaxy, J.Lowrey List
Image
Annotated CCD Image (100% size, linear scale, cropped)
5 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-10-03 00:47 UT (#704097-101)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
   
IC 298 / ARP 147  - Detail
Image
CCD Image (150% size, square root scale, cropped)
Image details as above
   
IC 298 / ARP 147  - Wider View
Bright star is SAO 111034 (mag +9.3)
Image
Annotated CCD Image (50% size, linear scale)
Image details as above
   
IC 298 / ARP 147  - Earlier Image (2012)
Image
CCD Image (cropped)
2 x 120s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2012-01-14 23:22 h UT  (#496255-56)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME
   

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NGC 809 - Spiral Galaxy

NGC 809 (Cetus)
Ring Galaxy, J.Lowrey List
Image
Annotated CCD Image (50% size, square root scale)
2 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-10-03 01:13 UT (#704107-08)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
   
NGC 809  - Detail
Image
CCD Image (100% size, square root scale, cropped)
Image details as above
   

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NGC 1110 - Spiral Galaxy (UGCA 43)

NGC 1110 (Eridanus)
Flat Galaxy Atlas Object
Alias: UGCA 43, PGC 10673
Image
CCD Image (50% size, linear scale)
5 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-10-03 01:29 UT (#704111-15)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
   

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NGC 1614 - Spiral Galaxy

NGC 1614 (Eridanus)
Ring Galaxy, J.Lowrey List
Image
Annotated CCD Image (50% size, log scale)
180s exposure (single frame), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-10-03 03:34 UT (#704127)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
   
NGC 1614  - Detail
Image
CCD Image (100% size, log scale, cropped)
Image details as above
   

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