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CCD Images - Session 152 (2006-11-16)

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Objects Session Notes
Bullet C/2006 M4 (Swan) - Comet
Bullet M33 - Spiral Galaxy
Bullet Z And - Variable Star
Bullet HIP 3829 - Van Maanen's Star (Nearby Star)
Bullet RU Peg - Variable Star
Bullet Astrometric & Photometric Monitoring
- 61 Cyg, HIP 3829, Teegarden's Star (nearby stars)
- SS Cyg, RU Peg (dwarf novae)
- IP Peg, Z And, Lyr TZ (variable)
- HD 5501/5513 (eclipsing variables)
- U And, W And, U Her (Mira variables)
- AXP 1E 2259+586, AXP 4U 0142+615 (AXP stars)
- 5 hr session, operated under automated control with remote control monitoring
- CCD operation of -20 degC (at 60% cooling)
- main objectives where to acquire sequence of images of HD 5501/HD 5513 and SS Cyg as part of ongoing photometric studies, along with a mosaic image of M33, and HIP 3929 (Van Maanen's Star)
- opportunity taken to images of Z And.
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C/2006 M4 (Swan) - Comet

Comet C/2006 M4 (Swan)
(passing through starfield in Hercules)

Image 

CCD Image 
5 x 60s exposure (average combine, aligned on comet), 
2x2 binning, C filter,  Linear scale 
2006-11-16 18:39h UT (#152011-15)

 

Image

False Colour CCD Image 
Log brightness scaling (3000 ADU range)
(details as above)

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M33 - Spiral Galaxy

M33 (Triangulum)

Image

CCD Image Mosaic (50% size)
3 min exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2006-11-16 22:24 h UT (#152233-45)
 [ Larger Size, 75% ]

  

M33 - False Colour

Image

False Colour CCD Image Mosaic (50% size)
Square Root brightness scaling, Inverse Spectrum Colour Bar

  

M33 - detail, showing named HII regions

Image

Annotated CCD Image Mosaic (75% size)
3 min exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
Rotated & Cropped
2006-11-16 22:24 h UT (#152233-45) 
(Un-annotated Image, 75% size)
 

Image

Annotated CCD Image Mosaic (75% size)
Negative
(Image details as above)
 

M33 - detail image of IC 136/IC 139 area

Image

CCD Image 
5 x 3 min exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2006-11-16 23:24 h UT (#152276-80)

 

M33 - Variable 83 (S-Dor type variable)

Image

Annotated CCD Image 
5 x 3 min exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2006-11-16 23:24 h UT (#152276-80) 
( Image details as above )
  
  

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Z And - Variable Star

Z And (Andromeda)

Image

CCD Image 
3 x 30s exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2006-11-16 19:58h UT (#152098-106)

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HIP 3829 - Van Maanen's Star (Nearby Star)

HIP 3829 (Pisces)
Van Maanen's Star

Image

CCD Image 
7 x 60s exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2006-11-16 20:13h UT (#152121-27)

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RU Peg - Variable Star

RU Peg (Pegasus)

Image

CCD Image 
30s exposure, 2x2 binning, C Filter
2006-11-16 21:52h UT (#152216)

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Astrometric and Photometric Monitoring

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