David's Astronomy Pages
Images - Session 466 (2011-04-05)

Objects Session Notes
Bullet Saturn - Planet
Bullet Saturn Moons
   
Bullet NGC 4038 / 4039 - Interacting Galaxy Pair ("The Antennae")
   
Bullet UGC 4985 - Spiral Galaxy & Supernovae SN 2011be
   
Bullet Photometric Monitoring - Variables
- KR Aur, CV CMi, SY Cnc, U Gem, RZ LMi, SZ Lyn, DY Per, GK Per
   
Bullet Astrometric Monitoring - Nearby Stars
- None
- Late evening  session (1.8 hrs),
- Session operated under semi-automated control, with remote monitoring from indoors computer. 
- Ambient Temperature: Warm night. 10.0°C (minimum) 
- CCD operation -20°C (at 77% average cooling).  
- main objectives of the session was to acquire images of selected project stars for ongoing photometric analysis.

Saturn - Planet

Saturn

Image
CCD Image (unsharp masked, cropped)
0.12s exposure (single frame), 1x1 binning, C Filter 
2011-04-05 23:48 hUT (#466067)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

 

Earlier Image of Saturn from Feb 2010 - 2010-02-21

Image
CCD Image (cropped)
0.2 sec exposure (single frame), 1x1 binning, R Filter 
Unsharp Masked
2010-02-21 00:41 h UT  (#414465)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

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Saturn Moons 

Saturn Moons

Image
Annotated CCD Image (cropped)
5 x 0.2s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2011-04-05 23:46 hUT (#466059-82)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

 

Saturn Moons

Image
CCD Image (unsharp masked, cropped)
2s exposure (single frame), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2011-04-05 23:51 hUT (#466083)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

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NGC 4038 / 4039 - Interacting Galaxy Pair ("The Antennae")

NGC 4038/4039, ARP 244, Caldwell 60/61 (Corvus)

Image
CCD Image (50% size)
9 x 60 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2011-04-05 23:33 h UT  (#466047-57)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

 

NGC 4038/4039 - detail

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

 

NGC 4038/4039 - detail

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

 

NGC 4038/4039 - Earlier Image 2009-05-03

Image
Annotated CCD Image 
(cropped to central area)
9 x 60 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2009-05-03 22:56 h UT  (#366055-63)
12" LX200R  (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME

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UGC 4985 - Spiral Galaxy with Supernovae 2011be

UGC 4985 with SN 2011be (Leo)
SN 2011be (Type: Ia)  was discovered 2011/03/25.140 by Catalina Real-Time Transient Survey and Stan Howerton
Alias PSN J09225262+2159157, = SNHunt46
Magnitude at discovery ~ +16.0 ?
Discovery Magnitude 17.7
(Rochester Supernova site | Discovery Image | Stan Howerton image | Reference Image )
( TNS 2011be )

 
UGC 4985 with SN 2011be - 2011-04-06 (T+11.9d)
Image below (2011-04-06.01) was taken 11.9 days after discovery.
Estimated Magnitude +16.2 (Clear Filter)
Image
Annotated CCD Image (cropped, 100% size)
120s exposure (single frame), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2011-04-06 00:08 hUT (#466098)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME
 
Images of SN 2011be (in UGC 4985) on Supernova 2011 Page >>

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