David's Astronomy Pages Images - Session 458 (2011-02-26)

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M65 - Spiral Galaxy     NGC 2859 - Spiral Galaxy (Herschel I-137) NGC 2903 Spiral Galaxy NGC 3016 - Spiral Galaxy NGC 3227 - Spiral Galaxy NGC 3437 - Spiral Galaxy NGC 3607 - Elliptical Galaxy and neighboring galaxies NGC 3626 - Spiral Galaxy (Caldwell 40)     Palomar 4 - Globular Cluster PGC 11943 - Spiral Galaxy with Supernova 2011ag     UGC 4552 - Spiral Galaxy with Supernova 2011ac     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 (7.3 hrs), - Session operated under semi-automated control, with remote monitoring from indoors computer.  - Ambient Temperature: -1.5°C  (minimum) - CCD operation -25°C (at 58% average cooling).   - main objectives of the session was to acquire images of selected project stars for ongoing photometric analysis.

M65 - Spiral Galaxy

M65 (Leo)

CCD Image (rotated - North Left, cropped)    3 x 120sec exposure (average combine),  3x3 binning, C Filter 2011-02-26 23:55 h UT  (#458210-13) 12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

M65 - Wider View (North Up)

CCD Image (50% size) Image details as above

M65 - Earlier Image (2004-02-20)

CCD Image,  4 x 2 minute exposure (average) 2004-02-20, 00:13 to 00:23 h UT (#58260-63) 8" LX200 classic + ST-7e

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NGC 2859 - Spiral Galaxy (Herschel I-137)

NGC 2859 / Herschel I-137 (Leo Minor) Bright star on right-hand side of image is the +7.2 mag star HIP 46083

CCD Image (50% size) 3 x 120sec exposure (average combine),  3x3 binning, C Filter 2011-02-27 02:13 h UT  (#458337-39) 12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

NGC 2859 - detail

CCD Image (100% size, cropped) Image details as above

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NGC 2903 - Spiral Galaxy

NGC 2903  (Leo) Alias : Herschel I-56 [ Herschel 400 Objects ]

CCD Image (cropped)   6 x 120sec exposure (average combine),  3x3 binning, C Filter 2011-02-26 21:13 h UT  (#458185-193) 12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

NGC 2903  - detail

CCD Image (cropped)   2 x 120sec exposure (average combine),  3x3 binning, C Filter 2011-02-26 23:16 h UT  (#458189-90) 12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

NGC 2903 - Earlier Image (2004-02-19)

CCD Image,  12x10s (av) 2004-02-19  21:45 to 22:27h UT (#58171-202)

Colour CCD Image Red 6x20s (av. smoothed), Green 6x20s (av, smoothed, Blue 6x30s (av, smoothed), Luminance 12x10s (av) 2004-02-19  21:45 to 22:27 h UT (#58171-202)

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NGC 3016 - Spiral Galaxy

NGC 3016  (Leo)  (bottom right)

CCD Image (cropped) 5 x 120sec exposure (average combine),  3x3 binning, C Filter 2011-02-26 21:45 h UT  (#458118-22) 12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

NGC 3016  - 2011-02-25

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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NGC 3227 - Spiral Galaxy

NGC 3227 (Leo)

CCD Image (50% size) 5 x 120sec exposure (average combine),  3x3 binning, C Filter 2011-02-26 23:30 h UT  (#458196-200) 12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

NGC 3227 - detail

CCD Image (100% size, cropped) Image details as above

NGC 3227 - earlier image 2006-04-27

CCD Image 5 x 2 min exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter  2006-04-27 22:59 h UT (#118102-06)

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NGC 3437 - Spiral Galaxy

NGC 3437 (Leo)

CCD Image (cropped) 3 x 120sec exposure (average combine),  3x3 binning, C Filter 2011-02-27 01:33 h UT  (#458297-301) 12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

NGC 3437 - earlier image (2011-02-10)

CCD Image (cropped) 3 x 120sec exposure (average combine),  3x3 binning, C Filter 2011-02-10 23:16 h UT  (#454315-17) 12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

NGC 3437 - earlier image (2011-02-05)

CCD Image (cropped) 5 x 120sec exposure (average combine),  3x3 binning, C Filter 2011-02-05 01:18 h UT  (#453215-19) 12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

NGC 3437 - earlier image (2011-01-29)

CCD Image (cropped) 3 x 120sec exposure (average combine),  3x3 binning, C Filter 2011-01-29 00:31 h UT  (#450386-88) 12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

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NGC 3607 - Elliptical Galaxy and neighboring galaxies

NGC 3607 and neighboring galaxies  (Leo)

Annotated CCD Image (50% size) 4 x 120sec exposure (average combine),  3x3 binning, C Filter 2011-02-26 23:43 h UT  (#458203-07) 12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

NGC 3607 - detail

CCD Image (100% size, cropped) Image details as above

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NGC 3626 - Spiral Galaxy (Caldwell 40)

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Palomar 4 - Globular Cluster

Palomar 4 (Ursa Major) Situated at almost 1/8 distance to the Andromeda Galaxy,  it is second most distant globular in Milky Way

CCD Image (50% size) 5 x 60 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2011-02-27 00:27h UT (#458238-42)

Pal 4 - detail

Annotated CCD Image (100% size, cropped) (image details as above)

Pal 4 - detail, 2006-12-02

Annotated CCD Image (200% size) 3 x 2 min exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2006-12-02 05:43h UT (#156043-45)

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PGC 11943 - Spiral Galaxy with Supernova 2011ag

PGC 11943 with SN 2011ag (Aries) SN 2011ag (Type Ia) was discovered 2011/02/25.150 by Catalina Real-Time Transient Survey Discovery Magnitude17.3 (Rochester Supernova site | Discovery Image | Reference Image | TNS 2011ag )

PGC 11943 with SN 2011ag - 2011-02-26 (T+1.7d) Image below (2011-02-26.84) was taken 1.7 days after discovery. Position of SN 2011ag (very faint) is shown by white cross hairs

Annotated CCD Image (cropped) 2 x 120s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter  2011-02-26 20:04 hUT (#458044-45) 12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

Images of SN 2011ag (in PGC 11943) on Supernova 2011 Page >>

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UGC 4552 - Spiral Galaxy with Supernovae 2011ac

UGC 4552 with SN 2011ac (Aries) SN 2011ac (Type Ia) was discovered 2011/02/11.290 by Lick Observatory Supernova Search Discovery Magnitude 17.7) (Rochester Supernova site | Discovery Image | Reference Image | TNS 2011ac )

UGC 4552 with SN 2011ac - 2011-02-27 (T+25d) Image below (2011-02-27.04) was taken 25 days after discovery. SN 2011ac (faint) is marked by white cross hair

Annotated CCD Image (cropped) 5 x 120s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter  2011-02-27 01:02 hUT (#458274-78) 12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

Images of SN 2011ac (in UGC 4552) on Supernova 2011 Page >>

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