David's Astronomy Pages CCD Images - Session 729 (2019-12-16)

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Objects	Session Notes
M42 - Nebula (Great Nebula in Orion) C/2017 T2 (PanStarrs) - Comet     Variable Stars (photometric monitoring)   - U Gem, FO Ori, U Mon, RR Tau, ER UMa     Nearby Stars (astrometric monitoring)  - DX Cnc, LAMOST-HVS1, Scholz's Star	- Post-Midnight Session (3.8 hours) Session operated under automated control - Main aim of the session was to tune autoguiding and to acquire images of a selection of targets     - 12" LX200 + ST-10XME for imaging - TS 80mm APO + ZWO ASI178MC for guiding & imaging - Ambient Temperature:   2°C (min) - CCD Temperature:  -20°C  (62% av. power) - Notes from 2019-12-16 >>

M42 - Nebula (Great Nebula in Orion)

M42 (Orion)

CMOS Colour Image (20% size, cropped)  52 x 10s, 1x1 binning,  Gain 200, Raw16 2019-12-17 02:16 UT (Set 1, SharpCap LiveStack, Stretched) ASI178MC (OSC) + TS 80mm f/6 APO, mounted on 12" LX200R Larger Image (50% size)

M42 - Detail

CMOS  Image (44% size)  Image details as above

M42 - Uncropped Image (Monochrome)

CMOS  Image (16% size)  Image details as above

M42 - Earlier Image (2007)

CCD Image Mosaic (50% size, log scale) 120 sec, 2x2 binning, C Filter 2007-12-08 02:38hUT (#240241-52) 8" LX200 + ST-7E

M42 - Earlier Image (2017)

CMOS Colour Image (33% size), Live Stacking of 222 frames 222 secs (3.7 mins), 222 x 1s, 1x1 binning, Gain 300, Raw16, ROI 3096x2080 (Full)  2017-01-18 19:07h UT (#19_07_02Z). Non-Guided. TS 80mm f/6 APO + ASI178MC (OSC), Mounted on 12" LX200R Frames acquired using SharpCap, Processed using AIP4WIN Larger Image (67% size)

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C/2017 T2 (PanStarrs) - Comet

C/2017 T2 (PanStarrs) - 2019-12-17 am (passing through Perseus) Sun Distance 2.43 AU (approaching) Earth Distance 1.54 AU (230.6 million km)		C/2017 T2 (PanStarrs) - 2019-12-17 am, Detail Autoguided on offset star using PHD2 with Lock Shift set at the comet's rate of motion (Ra -106.31 arcsec/hr, Dec 50.19 arcsec/hr)
CCD Image (50% size, square root scale) 2 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-12-17 03:18 UT (#729054-55) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2		CCD Image (100% size, log scale, cropped) 9 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-12-17 03:21 UT (#729054-62) 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

False Colour Image of C/2017 T2 (PanStarrs) - 2019-12-17 am

False Colour CCD Image (50% size, log scale) 9 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-12-17 03:21 UT (#729054-62) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

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