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CCD Images - Session 368 (2009-05-11)

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Objects Session Notes
Bullet M68 - Globular Cluster
Bullet M83 - Spiral Galaxy
Bullet M109 - Spiral Galaxy
Bullet M56 - Globular Cluster
Bullet Abell 2065 - Galaxy Cluster
Bullet 116P/Wild - Comet
Bullet Hickson 50 - Galaxy Cluster
Bullet NGC 4429 - Spiral Galaxy
Bullet NGC 4438 / NGC 4435 Galaxies (The Eyes | The Nonet)
Bullet Galaxies near SS Cyg
Bullet Astrometric & Photometric Monitoring
- U Gem, SS Cyg (dwarf nova)
- S Cyg, SS Her, U Her (mira) 
- HR Aur, SY Cnc, R CrB, AM CVn, CI Cyg, RZ LMi, CY Lyr, DY Per, AN Ser, FG Sge, U Sge, V Sge, WZ Sge, ER UMa (variables)
- Gliese 1245 (V1581 Cyg)  (Nearby Stars)

- SS Cyg attempt (failed due to cloud)

 
- Late Evening Session (5.4 hrs), 
- Operated under automated control 
- Ambient Temperature  6 deg C, decreasing to -0.5 deg C by end of session
- CCD operation -25 degC (at 63% 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 certain gallery objects including two low declination objects (M68 and M83) lying only 3-5 deg above the horizon.
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M68 - Globular Cluster

M68 (Hydra)
Declination -26d 44m / Altitude +5d 44m

Image

CCD Image (cropped to central area)
5 x 30s sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2009-05-11 21:54 h UT (#368017-21)
12" LX200R  (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME

Earlier Image of M68 (2009-03-22)

Image

CCD Image (cropped to central area)
5 x 30s sec exposure (median combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2009-03-22 00:24 h UT (#358222-26)
12" LX200R  (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME

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M83 - Spiral Galaxy

M83 (Hydra)
Declination -29d 52m / Altitude +2d 53m
Image 
CCD Image
(Linear Scale, 50% size reduction) 
120 sec exposure (single frame), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2009-05-11 22:13h UT  (#368036)
12" LX200R  (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME
  
M83 - detail
 Image
CCD Image
(Background gradient corrected, smoothed, 
cropped to central area)
Image details as above

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M109 - Spiral Galaxy

M109 (Ursa Major)

Image
Annotated CCD Image 
(50% size reduction) 
3 x 120 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2009-05-11 22:35h UT  (#368056-58)
12" LX200R  (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME

 

M109  (Ursa Major)

Image
CCD Image 
(cropped to central area) 
Image details as above

  

M109 - detail

Image
CCD Image (square root scaling)
Image details as above

  

  Image

False Colour CCD Image
 (square root scaling, inverse spectrum)
Image details as above 

  

Earlier Image of M109 (2006-01-02)

Image 
 CCD Image 
6 x 2 min (average combine), clear filter
2006-01-02 01:12h UT (#108113-18)
8" LX200 Classic (at f/6.6) + ST-7e 

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M56 - Globular Cluster

M56 (Lyra)

Image

CCD Image (50% size reduction)
3 x 30s sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2009-05-11 23:27 h UT (#368106-08)
12" LX200R  (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME

M56 - detail

Image

Annotated CCD Image (cropped to central area)
30s sec exposure (single frame), 1x1 binning, R Filter
2009-05-11 23:31 h UT (#368117)
12" LX200R  (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME

M56 - detail

Image

CCD Image (cropped to central area)
3 x 20s sec exposure (median combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2009-05-11 23:31 h UT (#368113-16)
12" LX200R  (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME

  

Image

CCD Image (75% size, cropped)
3 x 15s sec exposure (median combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2009-05-11 23:29h UT (#368109-11)
12" LX200R  (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME

  

Earlier Image of M56 (2009-03-22)

Image
CCD  Image 
60s exposure, C filter
2005-10-02 21:35h UT (#96080)
8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E

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Abell 2065 - Galaxy Cluster (Corona Borealis Galaxy Cluster)

Abell 2065 (Corona Borealis)
Central part of galaxy cluster showing 80+ galaxies

Image
CCD Image  (50% size reduction) 
3 x 120 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2009-05-11 23:39h UT  (#368122-24)
12" LX200R  (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME

  

Abell 2065  - Galaxy Cluster
TheSky planetarium view of equivalent area to above image
showing central part of Abell 2065

Image
Screen capture from TheSky 6 (Software Bisque)

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116P/Wild - Comet

116P/Wild 
(passing through starfield in Leo)
Est. Mag +13.5

Image

Annotated CCD Image 
(cropped to central area)
3 x 45s sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2009-05-11 23:45 h UT (#368126-28)
12" LX200R  (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME

 

Earlier Image of 116P/Wild  (2009-03-01)

Image

Annotated CCD Image 
3 x 120s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2009-03-01 20:52 h UT (#352116-18)
8" LX200 Classic (at f/6.6) + ST-7e 

 

Earlier Image of 116P/Wild  (2009-01-02)

Image

Annotated CCD Image 
3 x 120s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2009-01-02 23:05 h UT (#337141-43)
8" LX200 Classic (at f/7.6) + ST-7e 

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Hickson 50 - Galaxy Cluster

Hickson 50 (Ursa Major)
reportedly the faintest, most challenging of the Hickson catalogue
Distance ~ 2 billion light years

Image
Annotated CCD Image 
(50% size reduction) 
6 x 90 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2009-05-11 23:55h UT  (#368132-38)
12" LX200R  (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME

 

 

Hickson 50 - detail

Image
Annotated Negative CCD Image 
(250% size enlargement, cropped) 
Image details as above

  

Hickson 50 - detail / annotated
H50A (PGC 34447, catalog mag +18.7, meas mag +16.1), 
H50B (PGC 34452, catalog mag +18.2, meas mag +16.4),
H50C (PGC 34444, catalog mag +18.7, meas mag +17.0),
H50D (PGC34448, catalog mag +18.7, meas mag + 17.0),
H50E (PGC 34453, catalog mag +?.?., meas mag +17.7)

Image
Annotated Negative CCD Image 
(250% size enlargement, cropped) 
Image details as above

  

Earlier Image of Hickson 50 (2009-05-03)

Image
Annotated Negative CCD Image 
(250% size enlargement, cropped) 
4 x 90 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2009-05-03 23:55h UT  (#366113-19)
12" LX200R  (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME

 

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NGC 4429 - Spiral Galaxy

NGC 4429 / Herschell II-65 (Virgo)

Image
CCD Image 
(cropped to central area) 
3 x 120 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2009-05-12 00:32h UT  (#368173-75)
12" LX200R  (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME

   

NGC 4429 - detail

Image
CCD Image (log scaling)
Image details as above

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NGC 4438 / NGC 4435 Galaxies (The Eyes | The Nonet)

NGC 4438 & NGC 4435   (Virgo)
NGC 4435 : top     
NGC 4438 : bottom
Image 
CCD Image
(Linear Scale, 50% size reduction) 
3 x 120 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2009-05-12 00:40h UT  (#368178-80)
12" LX200R  (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME
 
NGC 4438 & NGC 4435 - detail
 Image
CCD Image
Square root scale
Image details as above

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Galaxies near SS Cyg

Star field surrounding SS Cyg (Cygnus)

Image
CCD Image 
155 x 8 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, V Filter 
2009-05-12 01:58h UT  (#368225-390)
12" LX200R  (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME

 

Detail with galaxies

Image 

 

Previous Image - detail with galaxies (2009-04-22)

Image
CCD Image (200% size enlargement, cropped)
6 x 60 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2009-04-22 00:28h UT  (#364227-32)
12" LX200R  (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME
Image details as above

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Astrometric and Photometric Monitoring

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