David's Astronomy Pages CCD Images - Session 1095 (2023-02-04)

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C/2022 E3 (ZTF) - Comet     NGC 1501 - Planetary Nebula (PLN 144+ 6.1)         Variable Stars (photometric monitoring) - None      Nearby Stars (astrometric monitoring) - None

- Evening session (5.8 hours) hampered by condensation inside  the LX200 Telescope Tube, surpressing stars coming to the SBIG Camera, prevented the planned automated operations and make some user directed tasks like resetting telescope pointing and performing a short mapping job very difficult. Some images captured using the TS80 secondary scope with its ZWO 178MC Camera     - 12" LX200 + ST-10XME for imaging - TS 80mm APO + ZWO ASI178MC for guiding & imaging - Ambient Temperature: 2.0°C (min) - CCD Temperature:  -20°/ -25°C - Notes from 2023-02-04 >>

C/2022 E3 (ZTF) - Comet

C/2022 E3 (ZTF) - 2023-02-04 (passing through Auriga) Sun Distance 1.17 AU (receeding Earth Distance 0.30 AU (45.3 million km) (just after closest approach on 2023-02-01) Images below are short 5s Locate Frames used to orientate the secondary scope onto the comet.		C/2022 E3 (ZTF) - 2023-02-04 Detail Autoguided on offset star using PHD2 with Lock Shift set at the comet's rate of motion (Ra -390.93 arcsec/hr, Dec -852.64 arcsec/hr)
Annotated CCD Image (50% size, square root scale) 5s exposure (single frame), 3x3 binning, Clear Filter 2023-02-04 21:59 UT (#1095047) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2		CCD Image (100% size, log scale, cropped) 4 x 5s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, Clear Filter 2023-02-04 21:47 UT (#1095044-47) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
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C/2022 E3 (ZTF)  - False Colour Inverse Spectrum Images

C/2022 E3 (ZTF) - 2023-02-04

False Colour CCD Image (70% size, log scale) 4 x 5s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, Clear Filter 2023-02-04 21:47 UT (#1095044-47) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

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NGC 1501 - Planetary Nebula (PLN 144+ 6.1)

NGC 1501 (Camelopardalis) Alias:  Herschel IV-53, PLN 144+ 6.1  [ Planetary Nebula ]

CMOS Image (39% size, asinh stretched + gamma, b/w) 7 x 30s exposure (average combine), Gain 350, 1x1 binning 2023-02-04 23:26 UT (#23_26_10, 1280x1024) TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2 Auto-guided using 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Aligned & Stacked with Siril (siril-cli)

NGC 1501 - Detail

CMOS Image (70% size, stretched + gamma, b/w, cropped) Image details as above [ smaller area ]

NGC 1501 - Detail

Colour CMOS Image (100% size, stretched, cropped) 45 x 20s exposure (average combine), Gain 350, 1x1 binning 2023-02-04 23:43 UT (#23_43_16, 800x600) TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2 Auto-guided using 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Aligned & Stacked with Siril (siril-cli)

NGC 1501 - Earlier Image (2010)

CCD Image (Linear Brightness Scale, cropped) 6 x 30s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter  2010-09-11 01:03hUT (#427169-75) 12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

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