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CCD Images - Session 202 (2007-07-15)

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Objects Session Notes
Night Time Session         
Bullet Comet C/2006 VZ13 (LINEAR)
Bullet Astrometric & Photometric Monitoring
- 61 Cyg, Barnards Star, Groombridge 34, And HH (Nearby Stars)

Attempt also at U And
         
Day Time Session         
Bullet Sunspot 963              
- Night Time Session, 0.8 hr, cut short by rapidly developing cloud
- CCD operation of -15 degC (at 77% average cooling). .
 
- Day Time Session, 0.5 hr 
- CCD operation of -5 degC (at 70% average cooling). .
- main objective was to acquire images of sunspot group 963
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Night Time Session

Comet C/2006 VZ13 (LINEAR)

Comet C/2006 VZ13 (passing through starfield in Bootes)

Image
 CCD Image
3 x 60 sec exposure (average combine), 
manually aligned on comet, 
2x2 binning, C Filter, 
2007-07-14 23:48h UT (#202054-56)

  

Improved Align Method (auto-align)

Image
 CCD Image
3 x 60 sec exposure (average combine, 
auto-aligned on comet, 
2x2 binning, C Filter, 
2007-07-14 23:48h UT (#202054-56)

  

Comet C/2006 VZ13 - negative image

Image
Negative CCD Image
(Image details as above)

  

Earlier image of Comet C/2006 VZ13 in May 2007
(passing through starfield in Andromeda)

Image
 CCD Image
3 x 120 sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter, 
2007-05-26 01:07h UT (#200073-75)

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Day Time Session

Sunspot 963

Sun
with Sunspot Group 963

[ see equivalent SOHO/MDI Image for 2007-07-15
CCD Image Mosaic (30% size)
0.2s exposure, 2x2 binning, Solar Filter + V filter
2007-05-19 14:34h UT (#198063-74) 
  
Sun Spot 963
Sunspot Group through Solar Filter + V Filter
CCD Image  (60% size)
0.2s exposure, 1x1 binning, Solar Filter + V filter  
2007-05-19 14:42h UT (#198104)
  
False Colour CCD Image  
Image details as above
Cropped, Unsharp Mask Sharpened, 
Colourised

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Astrometric and Photometric Monitoring

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