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C/2018 N2 (ASASSN) - Comet C/2017 T2 (PanStarrs) - Comet NGC 518 - Spiral Galaxy (LGG 23 Group Member) NGC 3245A - Spiral Galaxy NGC 2506 - Open Cluster (Caldwell 54) Schloz's Star - Hypervelocity Star NGC 2548 - Open Cluster (H VI-22) NGC 3044 - Spiral Galaxy NGC 2421 - Open Cluster (H VII-67) LAMOST-HVS1 - Hyperveolocity (HV) Star     Variable Stars (photometric monitoring)   - RX And, Z And, TT ARi, SY Cnc, RZ LMi, BL Lac, U Mon, CN Ori, FO Ori, FU Ori, NV Ori, DY Per, GK Per, ER UMa - U And, SS Cyg attempts failed due to cloud     Nearby Stars (astrometric monitoring)  - HH And, DX Cnc, 61 Cyg, Groombridge 34, Teegardens Star. - 61 Cyg attempt failed due to cloud

- Full night session (9.8 hours) Session operated with remote monitoring for first 3 hours.  - Main aim of the session was to test automated SharpCap imaging capture and integration with AstroMain /PHD2 and acquire selection of targets     - 12" LX200 + ST-10XME for imaging - TS 80mm APO + ZWO ASI178MC for guiding & imaging - Ambient Temperature:  1°C (min) (Dew heaters on new automated control) - CCD Temperature:  -20°C  (61% av. power) - Notes from 2019-10-24 >>

C/2018 N2 (ASASSN)  - Comet

C/2018 N2 (ASASSN) - 2019-10-26 (passing through Andromeda) Sun Distance 3.13 AU Earth Distance 2.22 AU (332.5 million km) Small galaxy on right hand edge of comet tail is PGC 2101673 (catalog mag +16.9)

Negative CCD Image (50% size, square root scale) 3 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-10-26 21:36 UT (#716079-81) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

C/2018 N2 (ASASSN) (passing through Andromeda) Sun Distance 3.13 AU Earth Distance 2.22 AU (331.7 million km)		C/2018 N2 (ASASSN)  - 2019-10-26, Detail Autoguided on offset star using PHD2 with Lock Shift set at the comet's rate of motion (Ra -89.61 arcsec/hr, Dec 21.25 arcsec/hr)
CCD Image (50% size, square root scale) 3 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-10-24 19:59 UT (#714030-32) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2		CCD Image (100% size, , square root scale, cropped) 6 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-10-26 21:35 UT (#716074-82) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
Images of C/2018 N2 (ASASSN) on Comets 2019 Page >>

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C/2017 T2 (PanStarrs) - Comet

C/2017 T2 (PanStarrs) - 2019-10-24 (passing through Auriga) Sun Distance 2.93 AU Earth Distance 2.24 AU (335.4 million km)		C/2017 T2 (PanStarrs) - 2019-10-24, Detail Autoguided on an offset star using PHD2 with Lock Shift set at the comet's rate of motion (Ra -9.81  arcsec/hr, Dec 42.93  arcsec/hr)
CCD Image (50% size, square root scale) 3 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-10-24 20:24 UT (#714061-63) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2		CCD Image (100% size, square root scale, cropped) 8 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-10-24 20:25 UT (#714060-67) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
Images of C/2017 T2 (PanStarrs) on Comets 2019 Page

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NGC 518 - Spiral Galaxy (LGG 23 Group Member)

NGC 518 (Pisces) NGC 524 / LGG 23 Group Member . Ast. Now Deep Sky Challenge, Nov 2019

CCD Image (50% size, square root scale) 5 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-10-24 22:13 UT (#714109-13) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

NGC 518 - Detail

CCD Image (100% size, square root scale, cropped) Image details as above

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NGC 3245A - Spiral Galaxy

NGC 3245A (Leo Minor) Flat Galaxy Atlas

CCD Image (50% size, linear scale) 5 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-10-25 02:05 UT (#714259-63) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

NGC 3245A - Detail

CCD Image (100% size, linear scale, cropped) Image details as above

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NGC 2506 - Open Cluster (Caldwell 54)

NGC 2506 \ H VI-37 (Monoceros)

CCD Image (70% size, linear scale) 7 x 60s exposure (median combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-10-25 03:54 UT (#714347-53) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

NGC 2506 - Earlier Image (2019-10-23)

CCD Image (70% size, square root scale) 3 x 60s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-10-23 05:28 UT (#713316-18) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

NGC 2506 - Earlier Image (2010)

CCD Image (75% size, linear scale) 3 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2010-03-09 20:26 hUT (#416110-12) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

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Schloz's Star - Hypervelocity Star

Schloz's Star (Monoceros)  Star is highlighted by white cross-hairs. (Image suffers from Poor Focus and/or Poor Seeing)

Annotated CCD Image (150% size, cropped) 7 x 120s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-10-25 04:12 UT (#714356-62) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

Schloz's Star - Earlier Image (2019-01-02)

Annotated CCD Image (150% size, cropped) 120 sec exposure (single exposure), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-01-02 23:51 UT (#647257) 12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

Schloz's Star - Reference Picture (generated using Aladin)

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NGC 2548 - Open Cluster (H VI-22)

NGC 2548 \ H VI-22 (Hydra)

CCD Image (70% size, linear scale) 6 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-10-25 04:27 UT (#714365-71) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

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NGC 3044 - Spiral Galaxy

NGC 3044 (Sextans) Alias: UGC 5311 Flat Galaxy Atlas Object Ast. Now Deep-Sky Challenge Object, Mar 2024  [ Flat Galaxies ] [ Deep Sky Challanges (Ast.Now) ]

CCD Image (50% size, square root scale) 5 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-10-25 04:42 UT (#714374-78) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

NGC 3044 - Detail

CCD Image (100% size, square root scale, cropped) Image details as above

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NGC 2421 - Open Cluster (H VII-67)

NGC 2421 / H VII-67 (Puppis)

CCD Image (70% size, linear scale) 6 x 30s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-10-25 05:08 UT (#714393-99) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

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LAMOST-HVS1 - Hyperveolocity (HV) Star

LAMOST-HVS1 is the first hypervelocity star (HVS) discovered from the LAMOST spectroscopic survey (Zheng et al, 2014, see report ) .  It is a B-type star with a heliocentric radial velocity about 620 km/s, which projects to a Galactocentric radial velocity component of ~477 km/s. With a heliocentric distance of ~13 kpc and an apparent magnitude of ~13 mag, it is the nearest bright HVS currently known. With a mass of ~9Msun, it is one of the three most massive HVSs discovered so far. The star is clustered  (taken from report abstract )

LAMOST-HVS1 (Cancer)

Annotated CCD Image (70% size) 4 x 20s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-10-25 05:19 UT (#714403-09) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME

LAMOST-HVS1 - Earlier Image (2019-01-03)

Annotated CCD Image (70% size) 6 x 20s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-01-03 03:42 UT (#647407-13) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME

LAMOST-HVS1 - Earlier Image (2018-12-04) Position of HVS1 star confirmed using Simbad & Aladin 10 Desktop  https://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/AladinDesktop/ (Catalogue Magnitude +12.98 (B) )

Annotated CCD Image (50% size) 3 x 20s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter  2018-12-04 00:03 UT (#639025-31) 12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME

LAMOST-HVS1 - Earlier Detail (2018-12-04)

Annotated CCD Image (100% size, cropped) Image details as above

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