David's Astronomy Pages CCD Images - Session 831 (2020-11-21)

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UGCA 105 - Irregular Galaxy (PGC 16957) UGC 12506 - Spiral Galaxy (PGC 71078) NGC 932 - Spiral Galaxy (AT2020aahp unconfirmed) NGC 615 - Spiral Galaxy (Herschel II-282) NGC 514 - Spiral Galaxy with Type Ia Supernova 2020uxz NGC 720 - Spiral Galaxy (Herschel I-105) UGC 6930 - Spiral Galaxy with Type Ia Supernova 2020rcq UGC 4299 - Spiral Galaxy (IC 2247, PGC 23169) NGC 2782 - Spiral Galaxy with Type Ia Supernova 2020scc C/2020 M3 (Atlas) - Comet NGC 1843 - Spiral Galaxy (UGCA 107) UGCA 102 - Spiral Galaxy (PGC 16868) UGCA 116 - Spiral Galaxy (PGC 18096) UGCA 127 - Spiral Galaxy (PGC 18855) UGCA 164 - Galaxy (PGC 26750) UGC 4332 - Spiral Galaxy (PGC 23355) and adjacent galaxies UGC 4332 - Spiral Galaxy (PGC 23355) UGCA 201 - Spiral Galaxy (PGC 29347) UGC 5459 - Spiral Galaxy (PGC 29472) NGC 4559 - Spiral Galaxy with LBV 2016blu UGC 5760 - Spiral Galaxy with Type II Supernova 2020zoq     Variable Stars (photometric monitoring) - RX And, U And, Z And, SY Cnc, CI Cyg, S Cyg, SS Cyg, U Gem, RZ LMi, BL Lac, FU Ori, DY Per, GK Per, RR Tau     Nearby Stars (astrometric monitoring) - HH And, DX Cnc, 61 Cyg, Groombridge 34, Scholz's Star

- All night session (11.2 hours) - Main aims of the session were the acquisition of a selection of deep sky targets, together with some variable star, nearby star and comet targets - 12" LX200 + ST-10XME for imaging - TS 80mm APO + ZWO ASI178MC for guiding & imaging - Ambient Temperature:4°C (min) - CCD Temperature:  -20°C - Notes from 2020-11-21 >>      -

UGCA 105 - Irregular Galaxy (PGC 16957)

UGCA 105 (Camelopardalis) Alias: PGC 16957 (catalog mag +14.5) Bright star in field of view is HIP 24444 (mag +8.3)

Annotated CCD Image (50% size, square root scale) 5 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-11-21 17:54 UT (#831003-07) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

UGCA 105 -  Detail

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

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UGC 12506 - Spiral Galaxy (PGC 71078)

UGC 12506 (Pegasus) Flat Galaxy Atlas) Alias: PGC 71078

Annotated CCD Image (50% size, square root scale) 3 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-11-21 19:32 UT (#831071-75) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

UGC 12506 -  Detail

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

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NGC 932 - Spiral Galaxy (AT2020aahp unconfirmed)

NGC 932 (Aries) Image show no indication of the object AT2020aahp (type unknown) reported as discovered 2020/11/16.445 by Hitoshi Yamaoka AT2020aahp is unconfirmed

CCD Image (100% size, square root scale, cropped) 4 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-11-21 20:15 UT (#831096-100) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

NGC 932 - Earlier Image (2020-11-19) Image show no indication of the object AT2020aahp (type unknown) reported as discovered 2020/11/16.445 by Hitoshi Yamaoka AT2020aahp is unconfirmed

CCD Image (100% size, square root scale, cropped) 5 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-11-19 22:48 UT (#830067-71) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

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NGC 615 - Spiral Galaxy (Herschel II-282)

NGC 615 / H II-282 (Cetus)

Annotated CCD Image (50% size, square root scale) 4 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-11-21 20:42 UT (#831105-08) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

NGC 615 -  Detail

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

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NGC 514 - Spiral Galaxy with Type Ia Supernova 2020uxz

NGC 514 (Pisces) SN 2020uxz (Type 1a), discovered 2020/10/05.573 by Koichi Itagaki  (Rochester Supernova site | Discovery Image | )

NGC 514 with SN 2020uxz -2020-11-21 (T+47.3) Image below (2020-11-21.874) was taken 47.3 days after discovery of SN 2020uxz SN is shown by white cross hairs.  Magnitude +14.8

Annotated CCD Image  (100% size, square root scale, cropped) 5 x 120s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-11-21 20:58 UT (#831110-14) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

Images of SN 2020uxz (NGC 514) on Supernovae 2020 Page >>

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NGC 720 - Elliptical Galaxy (Herschel I-105)

NGC 720 / H I-105 (Cetus)

Annotated CCD Image (50% size, square root scale) 5 x 120s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-11-21 21:25 UT (#831128-32) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

NGC 720 -  Detail

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

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UGC 6930 - Spiral Galaxy with Type Ia Supernova 2020rcq

UGC 6930 with SN 2020rcq (Ursa Major) SN 2020rcq (Type 1a, z=0.002597) discovered 2020/08/09.168 by Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF)  (Rochester Supernova site | Giancarlo Cortini image | )

UGC 6930 with SN 2020rcq - Detail, 2020-11-21 (T+104.8d) Image below (2020-11-21.933) was taken 104.8 days after discovery of SN 2020rcq SN is shown by white cross hairs.  Measured SN magnitude +14.8

Annotated CCD Image (100% size, square root scale, cropped) 5 x 120s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-11-21 22:23 UT (#831170-74) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

Images of SN 2020rcq (UGC 6930) on Supernovae 2020 Page >>

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UGC 4299 - Spiral Galaxy (IC 2247, PGC 23169)

UGC 4299 (Cancer) Flat Galaxy Atlas Alias: IC 2247 / PGC 23169 (catalog mag +13.2) with adjacent galaxies:   IC 2248 (catalog mag +15.2), PGC 213459  (catalog mag +17.3), PGC 23192 (catalog mag +18.0), PGC 1681325 (catalog mag +18.2)

Annotated CCD Image (50% size, square root scale) 5 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-11-21 23:13 UT (#831200-04) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

UGC 4299 -  Detail

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NGC 2782 - Spiral Galaxy (ARP 215) with Type Ia Supernova 2020scc

NGC 2782 with SN 2020scc (Lynx) SN 2020scc (Type Ia, z=0.008483) discovered 2020/08/20.915 by Xingming Observatory Sky Survey (XOSS)  ( Rochester Supernova site | Discovery image | )

NGC 2782 with SN 2020scc - Detail, 2020-11-21 (T+93.1d) Image below (2020-11-21.984) was taken 93.1 days after discovery of SN 2020scc SN is shown by white cross hairs.  Measured SN magnitude +17.5

Annotated CCD Image (100% size, square root scale, cropped) 5 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-11-21 23:37 UT (#831206-10) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

Images of SN 2020scc (NGC 2782) on Supernovae 2020 Page >>

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C/2020 M3 (Atlas) - Comet

C/2020 M3 (Atlas) (passing through Orion) Sun Distance 1.33 AU (receeding) Earth Distance 0.37 AU (54.9 million km)		C/2020 M3 (Atlas) - 2020-11-22, Detail Autoguided on offset star using PHD2 with Lock Shift set at the comet's rate of motion (Ra -3.00 arcsec/hr, Dec 194.61 arcsec/hr)
CCD Image (50% size, square root scale) 2 x 15s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-11-22 01:42 UT (#831319-20) 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) 7 x 15s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-11-22 01:43 UT (#831319-25) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
Images of C/2020 M3 (Atlas) on Comets 2020 Page >>

C/2020 M3 (Atlas) (passing through starfield in Orion) Sun Distance 1.33 AU, Earth Distance 0.37 AU (54.9 million km) Autoguided on offset star using PHD2 with Lock Shift set at the comet's rate of motion (Ra -2.89 arcsec/hr, Dec 194.73 arcsec/hr)

CCD Image (70% size, log scale) 90 x 30s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-11-22 00:41 UT (#831218-307) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

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NGC 1843 - Spiral Galaxy (UGCA 107)

NGC 1843 / UGCA 107 (Orion) (catalog mag +13.3 or +12.7)

CCD Image (50% size, square root scale) 180s exposure (single frame), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-11-22 01:16 UT (#831310) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

NGC 1843 / UGCA 107 - Detail Single frame only.  Target to be repeated in a future session

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UGCA 102 - Spiral Galaxy (PGC 16868)

UGCA 102 (Orion) Alias: PGC 16868 (catalog mag +15.0)

CCD Image (50% size, square root scale) 4 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-11-22 01:30 UT (#831312-15) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

UGCA 102 - Detail

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UGCA 116 - Spiral Galaxy (PGC 18096)

UGCA 116 (Orion) Alias: PGC 18096 (catalog mag +15.5)

Annotated CCD Image (50% size, square root scale) 5 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-11-22 01:59 UT (#831327-31) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

UGCA 116 - Detail

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UGCA 127 - Spiral Galaxy (PGC 18855)

UGCA 127 (Monoceros)  Alias: PGC 18855 (catalog mag +14.2)

CCD Image (50% size, square root scale) 5 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-11-22 02:31 UT (#831341-45) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

UGCA 127 - Detail

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UGCA 164 - Galaxy (PGC 26750)

UGCA 164 (Leo)  Alias: PGC 26750 (catalog mag +14.7)

CCD Image (50% size, square root scale) 3 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-11-22 03:11 UT (#831356-59) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

UGCA 164 - Detail

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UGC 4332 - Spiral Galaxy (PGC 23355) and adjacent galaxies

UGC 4332 (Cancer) Ring Galaxy, J.Lowrey List Alias : PGC 23355 (catalog mag +14.9)  with several other galaxies in same field of view PGC 23319 (catalog mag +14.4), PGC 23347 (catalog mag +15.6), PGC 23379 (catalog mag +15.7),  PGC 23374 (catalog mag +16.5), PGC 1641339 (catalog mag +16.7), PGC 1641981 (catalog mag +17.3),  PGC 1643938 (catalog mag +17.6), PGC 1645030 (catalog mag +18.7)

Annotated CCD Image (70% size, square root scale) 4 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-11-22 03:36 UT (#831362-66) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

Negative CCD Image (70% size, square root scale) Image details as above

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UGC 4332 - Spiral Galaxy (PGC 23355)

UGC 4332 (Cancer) Ring Galaxy, J.Lowrey List Alias : PGC 23355 (catalog mag +14.9)

Annotated CCD Image (50% size, square root scale) 4 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-11-22 03:36 UT (#831362-66) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

UGC 4332 - Detail

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UGC 4332 - Earlier Image (2020-10-29) Alias : PGC 23355 (catalog mag +14.9) Note: Image below is a single frame and had poor guiding

Annotated CCD Image (50% size, square root scale) 180s exposure (single frame), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-10-29 05:41 UT (#823148) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

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UGCA 201 - Spiral Galaxy (PGC 29347)

UGCA 201 (Leo Minor) Alias : PGC 29347 (catalog mag +14.7)

Annotated CCD Image (50% size, square root scale) 2 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-11-22 04:25 UT (#831377-79) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

UGCA 201 - Detail

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UGC 5459 - Spiral Galaxy (PGC 29472)

UGC 5459 (Ursa Major) Flat Galaxy Atlas Alias : PGC 29472

Annotated CCD Image (50% size, square root scale) 2 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-11-22 05:26 UT (#831405-06) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

UGC 5459 - Detail

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NGC 4559 - Spiral Galaxy with LBV 2016blu

NGC 4559 (Coma Berenices)

CCD Image  (100% size, square root scale, cropped) 5 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-11-22 05:51 UT (#831409-13) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

NGC 4559 with LBV 2016blu AT2016blu (LBV) originally discovered 2012/01/11.250 by Lick Observatory Supernova Search  (Rochester Supernova site | 2016blue image sub page | K. Itagaki image Nov 2020 | ) LBV is shown by white cross hairs.

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

NGC 4559 - Earlier Image (2007)

CCD Image (200% size, linear scale, cropped 5 x 180s exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C filter 2007-03-03 23:46h UT (#180385-89) 8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E

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UGC 5760 - Spiral Galaxy with Type II Supernova 2020zoq

UGC 5760  with SN 2020zoq (Leo) SN 2020zoq (Type II, z=0.0, zhost=0.010040) discovered 2020/11/14.561 by ASAS-SN  (Rochester Supernova site | Discovery Image ) Image below (2020-11-22.259) was taken 7.7 days after discovery of SN 2020zoq SN is shown by white cross hairs.

CCD Image  (100% size, square root scale, cropped) 5 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-11-22 06:13 UT (#831415-19) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

UGC 5760 with SN 2020zoq - 2020-11-22 (T+7.7d) Image below (2020-11-22.259) was taken 7.7 days after discovery of SN 2020zoq SN is shown by white cross hairs.   Measured magnitude +15.7

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UGC 5760 with SN 2020zoq - 2020-11-22 (T+11.7d) Image below (2020-11-26.219) was taken 11.7 days after discovery of SN 2020zoq SN is shown by white cross hairs.   Measured magnitude +15.75

Annotated CCD Image  (125% size, square root scale, cropped) 4 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-11-26 05:16 UT (#833235-39) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

Images of SN 2020zoq (UGC 5760) on Supernovae 2020 Page >>

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