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Shown below are some of my favourite CCD images from 2003. They are taken using a ST-7E camera through an 8" LX200
| Stars | Clusters | Nebulae | Galaxies | Planets | Asteroids |
Struve 817 (Orion) Star Pair, Mag 8.8 and 8.9, separation 18" |
CCD Image 20s exposure 2003-01-17, 22:38h UT (#39002) |
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NGC 6802 Open Cluster (in Vulpecula) |
CCD image, 3 x 20 sec exposures (summed) 2003-08-03 22:42- 22:43 h UT (#48044-46) 11.4 x 7.6 arc mins |
M15 Globular Cluster (Pegasus) |
CCD Image, 10s exposure 2003-07-13 00:49h UT (#45057) 11.4 x 7.6 arc mins |
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Deer Lick Group (in Pegasus) comprising NGC 7331 (catalog mag +10.3 ), NGC 7335 (+14.3), NGC 7337 (+15.2) |
CCD image, 7 x 300 sec exposures (average combine) 2003-08-08 23:41 to 2003-08-09 00:25 h UT (#50026-35) 11.4 x 7.6 arc mins |
NGC 708 (Andromeda) NGC 708 (catalog mag +13.7), NGC 703 (catalog mag +14.2), NGC 705 (catalog mag +14.6), NGC 704 (catalog mag +14.1), CGCG 522-33 (catalog mag +15.5) |
CCD Image, 41 x 20 sec exposure (average) 2003-12-07 23:34 to 23:56h UT (#55078-118) arc sec |
Negative |
CCD Image details as above |
NGC 7320 Galaxy Cluster (Stephan's Quintet, Andromeda) |
CCD Image, 10 x 20 sec exposure (median) 2003-10-17 22:12 to 22:17h UT (#53131-40) |
M108 Spiral Galaxy (Ursa Major) |
CCD Image, 5 x 30 sec exposure (summed) 2003-12-08 00:34 to 00:40h UT (#55260-69) 11.6 x 7.8 arc sec |
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Mars (processed to show surface features) |
CCD Image, 3 x 0.12s exposure, (average combined, unsharped masked, sharpened) 2003-07-13 02:46h UT (#45147-49) |
Mars - close to Opposition (phase 99.6%, 25.0 arc min diameter) |
2003-08-23 00:32:04 h UT 0.25 sec exposure (#52117) |
8" SCT operating at F/29 through eyepiece projection Unfiltered. Images unsharp masked. Image Scale 0.31 arc sec/pixel (equivalent to surface scale of 85 km/pixel) |
Jupiter ( Io and Ganymede are just visible) |
CCD image, 0.1s exposure, Unsharp-Masked 2003-01-24 00:45h UT (#41314) 3.5 x 2.0 arc mins |
Saturn |
CCD image, 0.1s exposure, Unsharp-Masked 2003-01-24 01:04h UT (#41360) |
Pluto (marked by cross-hair) |
CCD Image, 7 x 10s exposure (median) Altitude 20deg. 2003-07-13 00:00h UT (#45031-37) |
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216 Kleopatra |
CCD Image, 105 x 20s exposures (summed) Exposures at approximately 1min 7sec intervals. The white steak records 58 arc sec motion of the minor planet over a period of 1 hr 56 min (= 30 arc sec/hour) The image records stars down to Mag +16 (2003-08-12 22:56h to 2003-08-13 00:52h UT (#51041- 45147) (See Animated Sequence of CCD Images - 10 minute intervals, 0.4 MB) |
Composite montage, showing rapid (15.4 arc min/hour)
movement of Illapa through starfield in Aquarius over 2 hours (click on image to see at full size 0.4 MB) |
CCD images, 60 sec exposures (unfiltered) 2003-08-13 01:02 to 03:04h UT (#51152, 173, 199, 224, 242, 260) 11.4 x 7.6 arc mins |
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