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CCD Images - Session 422 (2010-08-14)

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Objects Session Notes
Bullet NGC 5023 - Spiral Galaxy (M94 group member)
Bullet C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring) - Comet
Bullet Variable Stars
Bullet Photometric Monitoring - Variables
- FO Aql, R CrB, AM CVn, CI Cyg, SS Cyg, S Cyg, 
 - SS Her, U Her, BL Lac, CY Lyr, TZ Lyr, FG Sge, U Sge, V Sge


AM Her attempt (jog failure)
Bullet Astrometric Monitoring - Nearby Stars
- Barnard's Star, 61 Cyg, EV Lac
 
- Night session (2.4 hrs), ended when cloud cover rapidly came over.
- Session operated under semi-automated control, with remote monitoring from indoors computer. 
- Ambient Temperature:  7.5 deg C  (minimum)
- CCD operation -20 degC (at 69% average cooling).  
- main objectives of the session was to acquire images of selected project stars for ongoing photometric analysis
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NGC 5023 - Spiral Galaxy (M94 group member)

NGC 5023 (Canes Venatici)

Image
CCD Image (linear scale, 35% size)
5 x 90s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2010-08-14 21:57 hUT (#422019-23)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

 

NGC 5023 - detail

Image
CCD Image (cropped)
Image details as above

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C/2007 Q3 (Siding_Spring) - Comet

Comet  C/2007 Q3 (Siding_Spring)  
shown by white cross-hairs

passing through starfield in Bootes.  
Glare coming from outside of frame from the mag +5.6 star 47 Bootis (HIP 73841) 

Image
CCD Image (cropped)
3  x 60s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2010-08-14 22:22 hUT (#422067-69)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

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Variable Stars

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