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CCD Images - Session 406 (2009-12-21)

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Objects Session Notes
Bullet PGC 100170 - Galaxy (Dwingeloo 1)
Bullet Variable Stars
Bullet Photometric Monitoring - Variables
- U And, CI Cyg, S Cyg, SS Cyg, BL Lac, RU Peg, DY Per, GK Per, FG Sge, V Sge

RU Peg attempts (failed due to cloud/poor sky transparency)
Bullet Astrometric Monitoring - Nearby Stars
- None
 
- Evening session (2.4 hr). Very cold (minimum temperature -8 degC)

Cloud at times.  Caught out by snow shower whilst acquiring Dark Frames.  1/4" layer of snow over everything in observatory, requiring unexpected sweeping and brushing effort to clear,


Autostar II/LX200 performing normally, unlike previous session (S405) when autostar started to repeatedly fail after freezing fog exposure.

Unexplained erroneous jog after taking second locate image for BL Lac
where a west Jog of 0.49 arc min resulted in scope movement of 28 arc min.

- Session operated under semi-automated control
- Ambient Temperature:  Minimum -8.0 degC rising to -5 degC by end of session
- CCD operation -30 degC (at 50% average cooling).  
- main objectives of the session was to acquire images of key selected stars for ongoing photometric and astrometric analysis, acquire set of Darks at -30deg.
- secondary objective was to acquire images of a few Local Group and other nearby Galaxies.  Poor sky transparency unfortunately prevented getting any good images .
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PGC 100170 - Galaxy (Dwingeloo 1)

  

Attempt at PGC 100170 / Dwingeloo 1  (Cassiopeia)
PGC 100170 / Dwingeloo 1 is a member of the Maffei I Galaxy Group.  
It lies in the plane of the Milky Way and is largely obscured by dust.

Imaging attempt made through Infrared Filter to increase chance of 
seeing the galaxy, however cloud prevented acquiring any more 
than a single 2 minute frame.

Image

CCD Image (50% size, cropped)
120s exposure, 2x2 binning, I Filter
2009-12-21 20:14h UT (#406669)

  

PGC 100170 - detail
Expected position of galaxy marked by circle

Image

Annotated CCD Image (cropped)
Image details as above

  

Earlier Attempt at PGC 100170 / Dwingeloo 1  (2006)

Image

CCD Image
2 x 3 min exposure, 2x2 binning (average combine), I Filter
2006-09-01 22:58 h UT (#136089-91)

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