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- 3.3/4 hour imaging session
- the main observing plan was to perform automated imaging of a range of galaxies in Jupiter
and comet P/9 Tempel, however Image Link problems due to the
small field of view of ST7 at f/10.3 and a temporary bug with my
script program prevented this plan, requiring that targets were 'manually'
acquired and imaged. Notwithstanding these problems, the session was successful
in acquiring an image of Barnard's Star (one of the closest stars to the
Sun at only 5.94 light years distance), and an image of the Quasar 3C 273
(one of the most distant objects visible through a small telescopes at 1.9
billion light years distance from the Sun)
- images of Jupiter and the Moon were taken whilst waiting for
the sky to darken
- some of the later images were somewhat compromised by condensation/dew having formed on the front lens of telescope
(Battery for dew heater became flat)
[ Image Link Success - reduced images : 43 (out of 82)
, raw images : 20 (out of 82) ]
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Jupiter | ||
CCD Colour Image (1x1 binning) Red 5 x 0.2s, Green 5x 0.2s, Blue 5x0.3s Stacked and combined with Registax3, Unsharp Masked, Resized 2005-05-13 21:45h UT (#86003-17) |
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Jupiter Moons | ||
Annotated CCD Image Composite Main Image : 7 x 0.11s (average combine) Jupiter Insert : 5 x 0.2s (stacked) 8" LX200 with operating at f/10.3 2005-05-13 21:51h UT (#86028-34) |
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Jupiter + Moons | ||
CCD Image (2x2 binning) 7 x 0.11s (average combine), clear filter 2005-05-13 21:51h UT (#86028-34) (Note that Jupiter appears larger than it is true disk size due to its extreme brightness and the black/white range required to make the moons visible. |
CCD Image Composite Main Image : as left Jupiter Image : as below |
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CCD Colour Image (1x1 binning) Red 5 x 0.2s, Green 5x 0.2s, Blue 5x0.3s Stacked and combined with Registax3 2005-05-13 21:45h UT (#86003-17) |
CCD B&W Image Grey scale converted and rescaled by 50% replicating image at 2x2 binning (Image details as left) |
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Moon (27% phase) | |||||
CCD Image 0.2s, red filter unsharp masked & sharpened 2005-05-13 22:06 h UT (#86060) |
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Mare Nectaris (The Sea of Nectar) | |||||
CCD Image 0.11s, red filter unsharp masked & sharpened 2005-05-13 22:09 h UT (#86072) |
Annotated CCD Image (details as left) |
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Moon | |||||
CCD Image 0.11s, red filter unsharp masked & sharpened 2005-05-13 22:09 h UT (#86069) |
CCD Colour Image Red 0.11s, Green 0.11s, Blue 0.15s unsharp masked & sharpened 2005-05-13 22:09 h UT (#86069,84, 99) |
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Comet 9/P Tempel (passing through Virgo) |
CCD Image 3 x 60s (median combine), clear filter 2005-05-13 22:41 h UT (#86123-25) |
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3C 273 (Virgo) Quasar 1.9 billion light years distance from Solar System |
CCD Image, 3 x 60s (median combine), clear filter 2005-05-13 22:49 h UT (#86127-30) |
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NGC 4045 (Virgo) (NGC 4045 catalog mag +12.8, with NGC 4045A catalog mag +14.4, small smudge below main galaxy) |
CCD Image 5 x 1min (median combine), clear filter 2005-05-13 23:08 h UT (#86141-46) |
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NGC 4179 (Virgo) |
CCD Image 5 x 1min (median combine), clear filter 2005-05-13 23:16 h UT (#86147-51) |
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M61 (Virgo) |
CCD Image 10 x 2min (average combine), clear filter 2005-05-13 23:31 h UT (#86152-61) |
CCD Image (negative) details as above |
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NGC 4281 (Virgo) |
CCD Image 2 min exposure, clear filter 2005-05-13 23:44 h UT (#86162) |
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NGC 4273 & neighbours (Virgo) NGC 4281 (catalog mag +11.4), NGC 4277 (catalog mag +13.4), NGC 4273 (catalog mag +11.7), NGC 4268 (catalog mag +13.7) |
CCD Image 5 x 2 min (average combine), clear filter 2005-05-13 23:54 h UT (#86163-67) |
CCD Image (negative) details as above |
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M107 (Ophiuchus) |
CCD Image 7 x 1 min (median combine), clear filter 2005-05-13 23:31 h UT (#86169-75) |
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NGC 4365 (Virgo) |
CCD Image 2 x 2 min exposure (average combine), clear filter 2005-05-14 00:20 h UT (#86176-77) |
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NGC 4442 (Virgo) |
CCD Image 3 x 2 min exposure (average combine), clear filter 2005-05-14 00:31 h UT (#86180-82) |
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NGC 4526 (Virgo) |
CCD Image 2 x 2 min exposure (average combine), clear filter 2005-05-14 00:39 h UT (#86184-85) |
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Barnard's Star, HIP 87937
(Ophiuchus) a nearby star with large proper motion, only 5.94 light years from Solar System |
CCD Image (Mag Limit +15) 3 x 60s (median combine), clear filter 2005-05-13 22:49 h UT (#86127-30) |
Forward predictions of Barnard's Star
positions over next 10 years (from TheSky, Software Bisque) |
Illustration based on screen capture from TheSky (Software Bisque) for 2005-05-13 |
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