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CCD Images - Session 41 (2003-01-23)

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Bullet Nebulae
Bullet IC 434 Dark Nebula (Horsehead Nebulae)
Bullet M1 Supernovae Remnant (Crab Nebulae)
Bullet NGC 2392 Planetary Nebula (Eskimo or Clown Face Nebulae)
Bullet NGC 2261 (Hubble's Variable Nebulae)
Bullet M42 (Orion Nebula) - Mosaic
Bullet NGC 2024 (Flame Nebula) - Mosaic
Bullet NGC 2264 (Open Cluster with Nebulosity)
 
Other Objects
Bullet WDS 4498 Double Star
Bullet Abell 407 / UGC 2489 Galaxy cluster
 Bullet Comet C/2001 HT50
 Bullet Jupiter
 Bullet Saturn

Notes (S00041)

This imaging session was of approximately 4.1/2 hours duration of which the central portion ran mainly unattended under script control.  A number of check visits were made to the observatory  to check progress and to add additional targets to the target program. This was achieved without having to pause or restart the script operation.  A total of 283 CCD Images were taken as part of the scripted operation covering the following tasks :

In addition to the above images of Horsehead and Crab Nebula (M1), Jupiter and Saturn were acquired under manual control.

Minor problems encountered during scripted operation were :

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Variable Stars 

Variables in Pegasus, Andromeda, Lacerta,  Auriga, Gemini, Cancer, Camelopardalis, Perseus and Taurus were imaged using Automated Scripting (see Scripting and Light Curves)

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IC 434 Dark Nebula (Horsehead Nebula)

IC 434 (Horsehead Nebula)  (Orion)
Image
CCD frame,  8 x 2 minutes exposure
2003-01-23  20:32 to 20:50h UT (#41005-13)
10.3 x 7.5 arc mins

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M1 Supernovae remnant (Crab Nebula)

M1  (Taurus)
Image
CCD image,  3 x 120 sec exposures 
2003-01-23  20:56 to 21:02h UT (#41016-18)
11.2 x 7.6 arc mins 
 
M1  - false colour image
Image
False Colour CCD image
(image as above)

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NGC 2392 Planetary Nebula (Eskimo or Clown Face Cluster)

NGC 2392 / PLN 197+17.1 (Gemini)
Image
CCD image,  6 x 60 sec exposure
2003-01-24  00:13 to 00:19h UT (#41279-83)
11.3 x 7.6 arc mins
 
 More detailed view 
(diameter of planetary nebula is 45 arc secs)
Image
Portion of CCD image,  3 x 60 sec exposure
2003-01-24  00:21 to 00:25h UT (#41285-87)
5.2 x 4.3 arc mins

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NGC 2261 (Hubble's Variable Nebula)

NGC 2261  (Monoceros)
GCVS R Mon  - INa Variable
Image
CCD image,  5 x 60 sec exposure
2003-01-24  00:01  to 00:06h UT (#41267-71)
11.3  x 7.6 arc mins 

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M42 Nebula (Great Nebula in Orion)

CCD Mosaic of M42 (Orion)
M43 is smaller nebula in upper right corner
Image
Mosaic of CCD frames,  30s exposures taken on
2003-01-23 22:46 to 23:17h UT (#41191-225)
26 x 30 arc mins
Missing frames are  due to Telescope Failing to Move in RA or Dec problem
 
M43  
Image
Mosaic of CCD frames,  30s exposures taken on
2003-01-23 23:12h UT (#41219)
11.4 x 7.6 arc mins

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NGC 2024 Nebula (Flame Nebula)

Rough CCD Mosaic of NGC 2024  (Orion)
bright star to right is Alnitak, Mag 1.7
Image
Mosaic of CCD frames,  30s exposures taken on
2003-01-23 23:25 to 23:41h UT (#41191-225)
41 x 34 arc mins
 Alnitak (full scale image - off-axis effect)

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NGC 2264 Open Cluster with Nebulosity (Christmas Tree Cluster)

NGC 2264  (Monoceros)
Image
CCD image,  4 x 60 sec exposure
2003-01-24  00:07 to 00:12h UT (#41273-77)
11.3 x 7.6 arc mins 

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WDS 4498 (Double Star)

CCD Image of WDS 4498, near Betelgeuse
Double star  (Mag 8.8, 8.9, separation distance 18.6 arc sec) 
Image
CCD Image,  20s exposure taken on
2003-01-23 20:28h UT (#41001)
11.4 x 7.6 arc mins

CCD Image of WDS 4498
Streamers of light, first though to nebulosity, 
are probably a form of glare from Betelgeuse which lies
around 24 arc min north of this image..
Image
CCD Image,  20s exposure taken on
2003-01-23 20:28h UT (#41002)
11.4 x 7.6 arc mins

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Abell 407 Galaxy Cluster

Abell 407 ,  UGC 2489  (Perseus)
Image
CCD Image 3x4,  10 x 60s exposure
2003-01-23 22:32 to 22:44h UT (#41180-89)
11.3 x 7.6 arc mins

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Comet C/2001 HT50

C/2001 HT50 (traversing Monoceros)
(c. 3 arc min away from the position 
reported by TheSky)
Image
CCD image,  20s exposure
2003-01-23 23:53h UT (#41260)
11.4 x 7.6 arc mins

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Jupiter

Jupiter 
Image
CCD image,  1s exposure
2003-01-24 00:38h UT (#41298)
11.4 x 7.6 arc mins
 
Detailed view of Jupiter
( Io and Ganymede are only just visible in this 0.1 sec exposure)
Image
CCD image,  0.1s exposure, Unsharp-Masked
2003-01-24 00:45h UT (#41314)
3.5 x 2.0 arc mins

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Saturn

Saturn , with 5 moons visible
Image
CCD image,  5 x 2s exposure
2003-01-24 00:56h UT (#41334-38)
11.4 x 7.6 arc mins
 
Image
CCD image,  0.1s exposure, Unsharp-Masked
2003-01-24 01:04h UT (#41360)

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