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Objects Session Notes
NGC 2770 - Spiral Galaxy & Supernovae 2007uy and 2008D NGC 1555 (Hind's Variable Nebula) NGC 4490 - Spiral Galaxy ('Cocoon Galaxy') NGC 5829 - Spiral Galaxy with Supernova 2008B NGC 5394/5395, ARP 84 ("Heron") NGC 5421 - Galaxy (ARP 111) Astrometric & Photometric Monitoring
- SS Cyg, U Gem, RZ LMi (dwarf nova)
- U And, W And, SS Her, U Her (mira variables)
- BL Lac (Blazar)
- RX And, Z And, TT Ari, KR Aur, AQ CMi, SY Cnc, AM CVn, Y CVn, DY Per, SZ Her, AD Leo, CY Lur, TZ Lyr, FU Ori, U Mon, DY Per, RR Tau, ER UMa, SU UMa (variables)
- 61 Cyg, Ross 248, Gliese 1245, Teegardens Star (Nearby Stars)
- All night session (12.3hr). Operated under automated control for bulk of session, with occasional remote control monitoring (middle section) - CCD operation of -20 degC (at 52% average cooling). - main objective was to acquire images of certain selected stars for ongoing photometric, and astrometric measurements in particular Z And and RX And, plus a number of gallery images.
Star-field around Quasar PC 1247+340
(Canes Venatici) |
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CCD Image 15 x 180s exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C filter, 2008-02-13 xxxxh UT (#263685-99) |
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Star-field around Quasar PC 1247+340 - detail |
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Negative CCD Image (200% size) 15 x 180s exposure (sum combine), 2x2 binning, C filter, Cropped 2008-02-13 xxxxh UT (#263685-99) |
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Star-field around Quasar PC 1247+340
- Earlier Attempt |
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Annotated Negative CCD Image (200% size) 5 x 180s exposure (sum combine), 2x2 binning, C filter, Cropped 2007-03-22 21:53h UT (#185109-13) |
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NGC 2770 (Lynx) with SN 2007uy & SN 2008D |
CCD Image 7 x 120s exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2008-02-12 21:45 hUT (#263192-98) |
NGC 2770 with SN 2007uy & SN 2008D
- detail
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Annotated CCD Image (250% size) Image details as above |
NGC 2770 with SN 2007uy & SN 2008D
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Annotated CCD Image (250% size) Image details as above |
2007uy (Type 1b) was discovered 2007/12/31.669 by Yoji Hirose 2008D (Type 1c) was discovered
2008/01/11.42 |
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NGC 1555 - "Hind's Variable
Nebula" (Taurus) |
CCD Image 5 x 180s exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter, Linear brightness scaling 2008-02-12 22:54 hUT (#263234-38) |
Hind's Variable Nebula - detail |
CCD Image (200% size) Image details as above |
Hind's Variable Nebula - detail from 2007-11-28 |
CCD Image (200% size) 5 x 180s exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter, Linear brightness scaling 2007-11-28 21:53 hUT (#237109-13) |
Hind's Variable Nebula - detail from 2007-10-05 |
CCD Image (200% size) 5 x 180s exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter, Linear brightness scaling 2007-10-05 04:38 hUT (#219053-57) |
Hind's Variable Nebula - detail from 2007-09-11 |
CCD Image (200% size) 6 x 180s exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter, Linear brightness scaling, Cropped) 2007-09-11 01:05 hUT (#211121-26) |
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NGC 4490 & NGC 4485 (Canes Venatici) |
Annotated CCD Image 7 x 120s exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2008-02-13 04:00 hUT (#263704-10) |
Note : 19.2 days after this image was
taken a Type II NGC 4490
- later image with SN2008ax (2008-03-08) |
Annotated CCD Image 7 x 120s exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2008-03-08 00:48 hUT (#273136-42) |
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NGC 5829 with Supernova 2008B
(Bootes) |
CCD Image 5 x 120s exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter, 2008-02-13 04:17 hUT (#263715-19) |
NGC 5829 with Supernova 2008B -
detail |
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NGC 5829 / SN 2008b - image on
2008-01-12 2008-01-12.20, 9.4 days after discovery. 2008B measured magnitude +16.0 (C) |
NGC 5829 - one month later
(2008-02-13) 2008-02-13.11, 40.3 days after discovery. 2008B now significantly faded |
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Annotated CCD Image (250% size, cropped) 5 x 120s exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter, 2008-01-12 04:45h UT (#252525-29) |
CCD Image (250% size, cropped) 4 x 120s exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter, 2008-02-13 04:17h UT (#262288-91) |
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NGC 5394 and NGC 5395 / ARP 84 (Canes Venatici) |
CCD Image
5 x 120s exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2008-03-13 06:19h UT (#263800-04) [Annotated Image of NGC 5394/5395 from 2008-03-10 ] |
NGC 5394, NGC 5395 / ARP 84 - detail |
CCD Image (200% enlarged, cropped) (Image details as above) |
Negative CCD Image (200% enlarged, cropped) (Image details as above) |
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NGC 5421 / ARP 111 (Canes Venatici) |
CCD Image 120s sec exposure (single frame), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2008-02-13 06:32 h UT (#263810) 8" LX200 + ST-7e [Later image of NGC 5421 / ARP 111 - 2015] |
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