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CCD Images - Session 988 (2022-03-18)

Objects Session Notes
Bullet 19P/Borrelly - Comet
Bullet C/2019 L3 (ATLAS) - Comet
   
Bullet Nova Per 2020 - Nova (V1112 Per)
    
Bullet Variable Stars (photometric monitoring)
- U Her, SS Her
    
Bullet Nearby Stars (astrometric monitoring)
- Barnards Star
  
   
- Short late evening session 0.6 hours
cut short by haze/ thin cloud / poor sky transparency / bright moonlit skies  leading to insufficient AllSky Stars Count.
   
- 12" LX200 + ST-10XME for imaging
- TS 80mm APO + ZWO ASI178MC for guiding & imaging
- Ambient Temperature: 5.5°C (min)
- CCD Temperature:  -20°C
- Notes from 2022-03-18 >>
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19P/Borrelly - Comet

19P/Borrelly
(passing through Perseus)
Sun Distance 1.41 AU (receeding)
Earth Distance 1.57 AU (234.4 million km)
   19P/Borrelly - 2022-03-18, Detail
Autoguided on offset star using PHD2 with Lock Shift
set at the comet's rate of motion
(Ra 126.22 arcsec/hr, Dec 65.99 arcsec/hr)
Image   Image
Annotated CCD Image (50% size, square root scale)
3 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2022-03-18 22:47 UT (#988005-07)
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
2022-03-18 22:49 UT (#988003-11)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
     
Images of 19P/Borrelly on Comets 2022 Page >>    

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C/2019 L3 (ATLAS) - Comet

C/2019 L3 (ATLAS)
(passing through Gemini)
Sun Distance 3.61 AU (receeding)
Earth Distance 3.29 AU (491.9 million km)
   C/2019 L3 (ATLAS) - 2022-03-18, Detail
Autoguided on offset star using PHD2 with Lock Shift
set at the comet's rate of motion
(Ra 11.96 arcsec/hr, Dec -22.43 arcsec/hr)
Image   Image
Annotated CCD Image (50% size, square root scale)
3 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2022-03-18 23:14 UT (#988021-23)
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
2022-03-18 23:17 UT (#988021-29)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
     
Images of C/2019 L3 (ATLAS) on Comets 2022 Page >>    

C/2019 L3 (ATLAS) - False Colour Image
Inverse Spectrum
  
C/2019 L3 (ATLAS)  -  2022-03-18
Image
False Colour CCD Image (70% size, log scale)
9 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2022-03-18 23:17 UT (#988021-29)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
 

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Nova Per 2020 - Nova (V1112 Per, AT2020abap)

Nova Per 2020 (Perseus)
Nova in Perseus discovered 2020/11/25.807
[ Novae ]
Nova Per 2020 discovered independently by Seiji Ueda and Stanislav Korotkiy et al
AT2020abap (Type: CV) reported 2020/11/27.230 UT by PGIR
Alias: N Per 2020 , PGIR20fbf, TCP J04291888+4354233, TCP J04291884+4354232, V1112 Per
 
Nova Per 2020 - 2022-03-18 (T+478.2d)
Image below (2022-03-18.958) was taken 478.2 days after discovery of  nova
Nova (fading) is shown by white cross hairs.  Measured magnitude +16.45
Image
Annotated CCD Image (100% size, linear scale, cropped)
5 x 90s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2022-03-18 23:03 UT (#988014-18)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
 
Images of Nova Per 2020 on Novae Page >>
 

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