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SO025300.5+165258 ("Teegarden's Star") Minor planets 16 Psyche & 11 Parthenope NGC 559 - Open Cluster NGC 457 - Open Cluster
- 3 hour session, very cold (-4 deg C) - main aim was to test recent imaging control software enhancements and to record image of "Teegarden's Star" - a red dwarf about 12.5 l.y. away, and just discovered in 2003 - - - More Notes
"Teegarden's star" (official name SO025300.5+165258) is a nearby red dwarf star, lying approximately 12.5 light years from Earth. It was discovered was announced in 2003 by a team led by Bonnard J. Teegarden. It has a large proper motion (around 5.1 arc secs per year) and a annual parallax motion of approximately 0.26 arc secs (more information on "Teegarden's Star").
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SO025300.5+165258 - "Teegarden's Star" (Aries) |
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| CCD Image 3 x 1 min exposure (median combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2006-01-30 22:55h UT (#111064-66) |
| Annotated Image showing position
of "Teegarden's Star" in 2006 compared to the star position's recorded in an astronomical image taken 55 years ago . |
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| CCD Image (details as above) |
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Minor Planets 16 Psyche & 11
Parthenope |
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| CCD Image 3 x 1 min exposure (median combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2006-01-30 23:46h UT (#111138-40) |
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| CCD Image Animation showing motion of 16
Psyche & 11 Parthenope over a 2.1/2 hour period |
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| 2 CCD Image 3 x 1 min exposure (median combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter i) 2006-01-30 21:05h UT (#111109-11) ii) 2006-01-30 23:35h UT (#111131-33) |
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| CCD Image of starfield with 16
Pysche &11 Parthenope compared with normal starfield (taken 3 days later) |
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| CCD Image 60s exposure, C Filter 2006-01-30 21:06h UT (#111011) |
CCD Image 60s exposure, C Filter 2006-02-02 23:41h UT (#113023) |
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NGC 559 (Cassiopeia) |
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| CCD Image 3 x 1 min exposure (median combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2006-01-30 23:35h UT (#111131-33) |
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NGC 457 (Cassiopeia) |
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| CCD Image 3 x 1 min exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2006-01-30 23:39h UT (#111135-37) |
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| Last Updated : | 2015-05-16 |
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