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CCD Images - Session 990 (2022-03-20)

Objects Session Notes
Bullet 19P/Borrelly - Comet
Bullet C/2019 L3 (ATLAS) - Comet
    
Bullet Variable Stars (photometric monitoring)
- None
    
Bullet Nearby Stars (astrometric monitoring)
- None
  
   
- Short evening session 0.5 hours
Session cut short by development of cloud
   
- 12" LX200 + ST-10XME for imaging
- TS 80mm APO + ZWO ASI178MC for guiding & imaging
- Ambient Temperature: 4.5°C (min)
- CCD Temperature:  -20°C
- Notes from 2022-03-20 >>
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19P/Borrelly - Comet

19P/Borrelly
(passing through Perseus)
Sun Distance 1.42 AU (receeding)
Earth Distance 1.58 AU (237.1 million km)
   19P/Borrelly - 2022-03-20, Detail
Autoguided on offset star using PHD2 with Lock Shift
set at the comet's rate of motion
(Ra 127.89 arcsec/hr, Dec 63.43 arcsec/hr)
Image   Image
Annotated CCD Image (50% size, square root scale)
2 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2022-03-20 23:42 UT (#990006-07)
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)
5 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2022-03-20 23:44 UT (#990006-10)
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 3.32 AU (496.8 million km)
   C/2019 L3 (ATLAS) - 2022-03-21, Detail
Autoguided on offset star using PHD2 with Lock Shift
set at the comet's rate of motion
(Ra 13.26 arcsec/hr, Dec -22.08 arcsec/hr)
Image   Image
Annotated CCD Image (50% size, square root scale)
3 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2022-03-20 23:59 UT (#990015-17)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
  CCD Image (100% size, log scale, cropped)
8 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2022-03-21 00:01 UT (#990015-23)
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)  -  2022-03-21
Image
False Colour CCD Image (70% size, log scale)
8 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2022-03-21 00:01 UT (#990015-23)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
 

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