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CCD Images - Session 156 (2006-12-02)

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Objects Session Notes
Bullet NGC 2775 - Galaxy
Bullet NGC 3626 - Spiral Galaxy
Bullet Palomar 4 - Globular Cluster
Bullet NGC 3949 - Spiral Galaxy
Bullet NGC 5053 - Globular Cluster
Bullet NGC 4889 - Elliptical Galaxy / Abell 1656 Galaxy Cluster
Bullet M53 - Globular Cluster
Bullet Wolf 359 - Nearby Star (CN Leo)
Bullet Astrometric & Photometric Monitoring
- HD 5501/5513 (eclipsing variables)
- Early morning session (2.6 hr duration), largely operated under automated control.  
- CCD operation of -20 degC (at 67% average cooling). Ambient temperature 6 deg.
- main objectives where to acquire specific Deep Sky objects which have been on my observing list for some time.
- opportunity was also taken to acquire images of xxxxx
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- More Notes
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NGC 2775 - Galaxy

NGC 2775 / Caldwell 48 (Cancer)
although recorded in catalogs as a spiral galaxy, 
 NGC 2775 appearance is very much like an elliptical galaxy.

Image 

CCD Image 
3 x 3 min exposure (average combine), 
2x2 binning, C filter, Linear scale 
2006-12-02 05:22h UT (#156032-34)

NGC 2775 - in log scale

Image 

CCD Image, Log Scale
(details as above)

Image 

False Colour CCD Image, Log Scale
(details as above)

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NGC 3626 - Spiral Galaxy

NGC 3626 / Caldwell 40 (Leo)

Image 

CCD Image 
3 x 3 min exposure (average combine), 
2x2 binning, C filter, Linear scale 
2006-12-02 05:33h UT (#156037-39)

Image 

False Colour CCD Image, Log Scale
(details as above)

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Palomar 4 - Globular Cluster

Palomar 4 (Ursa Major)
Situated at almost 1/8 distance to the Andromeda Galaxy, 
it is second most distant globular in Milky Way
Image
CCD Image 
3 x 2 min exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2006-12-02 05:43h UT (#156043-45)
 
Pal 4 - detail
Image
Annotated CCD Image (200% size)
(image details as above)

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NGC 3949 - Spiral Galaxy

NGC 3949 (Ursa Major)

Image 

CCD Image 
3 x 3 min exposure (average combine), 
2x2 binning, C filter, Linear scale 
2006-12-02 05:33h UT (#156037-39)

NGC 3949 - false colour

Image 

False Colour CCD Image
Log Scale
(image details as above)

 

NGC 3949 - detail

Image 

False Colour CCD Image (250% size, cropped) 
Linear Scale
(image details as above)

 

Image 

CCD Image (250% size, cropped)
Log Scale
(image details as above)

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NGC 5053 - Globular Cluster

NGC 5053 (Coma Berenices)

Image
 CCD Image
5 x 3 min exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 
2006-12-02 06:23h UT (#156060-64)

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NGC 4889 - Elliptical Galaxy  /  Abell 1656 Galaxy Cluster 

NGC 4889 / Caldwell 35 (Coma Berenices)

Image 

CCD Image 
3 x 2 min exposure (average combine),  2x2 binning, C filter
2006-12-02 06:35h UT (#156066-68)

NGC 4489 + numerous surrounding galaxies of Abell 1656 (part)

Image 

Annotated CCD Image (200% size)
(image details as above)

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M53 - Globular Cluster

M53 (Coma Berenices)

Image
 CCD Image, linear brightness scaling
2 x 60 sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 
2006-12-02 06:23h UT (#156075,77)
 
  M53 - detail
Image
 CCD Image, square root brightness scaling
(image details as above)

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Wolf 359 - Nearby Star (CN Leo)

Wolf 359 / CN Leo (Leo)
3rd closest star system to the Sun,  7.8 light years distance

Image
Annotated CCD Image
3 x 30 sec exposure (median combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 
2006-12-02 07:03h UT (#156081-83)

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Astrometric and Photometric Monitoring

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