David's Astronomy Pages Images - Session 457 (2011-02-25)

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Objects	Session Notes
M78 - Bright Nebula     NGC 3016 - Spiral Galaxy     Palomar 2 - Globular Cluster     Photometric Monitoring - Variables - FO And, RX And, Z And, S Cyg, SS Cyg, BL Lac, CZ Ori - SZ Lyn attempt (aborted)     Astrometric Monitoring - Nearby Stars - EV Lac	- Early evening  session (4.8 hrs), - Session operated under semi-automated control, with remote monitoring from indoors computer.  - Ambient Temperature: 5.5°C  (minimum) - CCD operation -25°C (at 75% average cooling).   - main objectives of the session was to acquire images of selected project stars for ongoing photometric analysis.

M78 - Bright Nebula

M78 (Orion)

CCD Image (75% size,. cropped) 4 x 45sec exposure (average combine),  3x3 binning, C Filter 2011-02-25 21:16 h UT  (#457171-74) 12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

M78 - Earlier Image ( 2004-11-02 )

CCD Image, 6x60s exposure (average combine) C Filter 2004-11-02 01:37h UT (#73130-35) 8" LX200 classic + ST-7e

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NGC 3016 - Spiral Galaxy

NGC 3016  (Leo) Other galaxies  NGC 3019 (top left) , PGC 28260 (bottom right)

CCD Image (cropped) 5 x 120sec exposure (average combine),  3x3 binning, C Filter 2011-02-25 20:59 h UT  (#457154-58) 12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

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Palomar 2 - Globular Cluster

Palomar 2 (Auriga)

CCD Image (cropped) 3 x 60sec exposure (average combine),  3x3 binning, C Filter 2011-02-25 23:04 h UT  (#457274-76) 12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

Palomar 2 - Earlier Image (2007-09-02) (Image effected by haze & light from moon)

CCD Image  3 x 2 min exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2007-09-02 23:15h UT (#209161-63)

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