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Objects Session Notes
Jupiter & moons 136199 Eris - Dwarf Planet (2003 UB313) IC 10 - Irregular Galaxy, Local Group Photometric Monitoring - Variables - U And, W And, SS Cyg, CY Lyr, DY Per
- GK Per, FG Sge, U Sge, V Sge- RX And attempt (failed due to cloud)
Astrometric Monitoring - Nearby Stars - 61 Cyg
- Night session (1.9 hr). - Operated in Observatory under manual and semi-automated control. Later operated under automated control with remote monitoing - Ambient Temperature 10 deg C - CCD operation -20 degC (at 73 % average cooling). - main objective of the session was to acquire images of key selected stars for ongoing photometric and astrometric analysis.
Jupiter with Moons |
Annotated CCD Image (cropped) 0.12s sec exposure, 3x3 binning, V Filter 2009-09-18 00:48 h UT (#388052) 12" LX200R (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME |
Jupiter |
CCD Image (cropped) 10 x 0.2s sec exposure (average combine), 1x1 binning, B Filter 2009-09-18 00:52 h UT (#388076-85) Unsharp Masked 12" LX200R (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME |
Jupiter - detail |
CCD Image (200 % size)
Image details as above |
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MPL 2003 UB313 attempt (Cetus, altitude 23 deg, airmass 2.5) With predicted magnitude of 18.7, Eris would have been too faint to seen in this image (mag limit +18). Glare from mag 9 star would also have been a problem |
CCD Image (cropped to central area) 12 x 60 sec (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2009-09-18 00:08 h UT (#388100-12) 12" LX200R (at f/5.8) + ST-10XME |
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IC 10 (Cassiopeia) |
CCD Image (75% size, cropped) 4 x 90 min exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2009-09-18 00:55h UT (388175-78) 12" LX200R (at f/5.8) + ST-10XME |
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Previous Image of IC 10 (Cassiopeia) |
CCD Image 6 x 2 min exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2006-10-28 (#150113-15 & #150238-40) |
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