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CCD Images - Session 345 (2009-01-24)

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Objects Session Notes
Bullet C/2006 OF2 (Broughton)  - Comet
Bullet M76 - Planetary Nebula
Bullet Astrometric & Photometric Monitoring
- SS Cyg, U Gem  (dwarf nova)
- BL Lac (blazar)
- FO And, RX And, Z And, KR Aur, SY Cnc, RZ LMi,
U Mon, CN Ori, CZ Ori, FO Ori, FU Ori, NC Ori, RU Peg, GK Per. RR Tau (variables)
- Ross 248/HH And, HIP 3829, EV Lac (nearby stars)
 
TT Ari attempt  (aborted due to moonlight)
- Long Evening session (6.3 hrs), operated under automated control
- Ambient Temperature  -0.5 deg C (min -1.5 deg C), 
- CCD operation -25 degC (at 65% average cooling).  
- main objective of the session was  to acquire images of key selected stars for ongoing photometric and astrometric analysis. 
- opportunity taken to acquire images of several deep sky objects

C/2006 OF2 (Broughton)  - Comet

C/2006 OF2 (Broughton)
passing through star field in Auriga

Image
Annotated CCD Image
3 x 120s exposure (average combine),  2x2 binning, 
C Filter, Linear brightness scaling
2009-01-24 23:41 hUT (#345198-200)
8" LX200 Classic (at f/7.6) + ST-7E 

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M76 - Planetary Nebula

M76 (Perseus) 

Image

CCD Image (Linear Scale)
5 x 120s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2009-01-25 00:22 h UT (#345231-35)

  

M76 - detail

Image

CCD Image (200% size scale, cropped)
Image details as above

M76 - detail (negative)

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CCD Image (200% size scale, cropped)
Image details as above

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Astrometric and Photometric Monitoring

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