David's Astronomy Pages Images - Session 461 (2011-03-07)

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Objects	Session Notes
IC 2973 - Spiral Galaxy with Supernovae 2011ao     Photometric Monitoring - Variables - RX And, U And, W And, Z And, TT Ari, FS Aur, SS Cyg, U Gem, BL Lac, U Mon, CN Ori, CZ Ori, FO Ori, FU Ori, DY Per, GK Per, RR Tau, SU Tau, ER UMa, SU UMa - Ori NV attempt (aborted)     Astrometric Monitoring - Nearby Stars - Ross 248 (HH And), Teegardens Star	- Early evening  session (3.0 hrs), - Session operated under semi-automated control, with remote monitoring from indoors computer.  - Ambient Temperature: 3.0°C  (minimum) - CCD operation -25°C (at 67% average cooling).   - main objectives of the session was to acquire images of selected project stars for ongoing photometric analysis.

IC 2973 - Spiral Galaxy with Supernovae 2011ao

IC 2973 with SN 2011ao (Ursa Major) SN 2011ao (Type Ia) was discovered discovered 2011/03/03.434 by A. Kroes, Jack Newton, and Tim Puckett Discovery Magnitude 17.1 (Rochester Supernova site | Discovery Image | TNS 2011ao )

IC 2973 with SN 2011ao - 2011-03-07 (T+9d) Image below (2011-03-07.90) was taken 9 days after discovery. SN 2011ao is marked by white cross hair

Annotated CCD Image (cropped) 3 x 90s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter  2011-03-07 21:31 hUT (#461185-87) 12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

Images of SN 2011ao (in IC 2973) on Supernova 2011 Page >>

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