David's Astronomy Pages CCD Images - Session 706 (2019-10-06)

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Objects	Session Notes
C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto) - Comet     Variable Stars (photometric monitoring)   - Z And, TT Ari, CY Cyg, AM Her, BL Lac, CY Lyr, DY Per, GK Per, FG Sge, V Sge, - U And attempt failed due to cloud     Nearby Stars (astrometric monitoring)  - HH And, Barnards Star, 61 Cyg, Groombridge 34, EV Lac	- Night session (3.1 hours)     - 12" LX200 + ST-10XME for imaging - TS 80mm APO + ZWO ASI178MC for guiding & imaging - Ambient Temperature: 11.5°C (min) (Dew heaters on automated) - CCD Temperature:  -10°C  (60% av. power) - Notes from 2019-10-06 >>

C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto) - Comet

C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto) (passing through Perseus) Sun Distance 3.42 AU Earth Distance 2.68 AU (400.5 million km) No sign of comet (catalogue mag +19.0) at  comet's predicted location (shown by white circle)
Annotated CCD Image (50% size) 2 x 30s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-10-06 22:35 UT (#706197-201) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
More Images of C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto)
C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto) - Earlier Image (2019-03-04) (passing through Auriga) Sun Distance 1.34 AU Earth Distance 0.83 AU (123.5 million km)		C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto) - Earlier Detail (2019-03-04) Aligned on Comet
CCD Image (50% size) 2 x 30s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-03-04 21:51 UT (#671032-33) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2		CCD Image (50% size, logscale) 11 x 30s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-03-04 21:51 UT (#671032-46) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

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