David's Astronomy Pages
Images - Session 527 (2012-11-21)

Objects Session Notes
Bullet Algol - Variable Star  (Eclipsing Binary)
   
Bullet M42 - Bright Nebula (Great Nebula) with Trapezium
   
Bullet NGC 1977 - Nebula / Open Cluster (Running Man Nebula)
 
Bullet Photometric Monitoring - Variables
- RX And, Z And, TT Ari, CI Cyg, SS Cyg, BL Lac, TZ Lyr

  Attempts: U And failed (wind), CY Lyr failed (wind/poor sky), GK Per failed (Cloud)

   
Bullet Astrometric Monitoring - Nearby Stars
- Ross 248 (HH And), 6Groombridge 34, Teegardens Star

Attempts: 61 Cyg failed (poor sky)
- Late Evening session (4.8 hrs duration). 
Good seeing
- Session operated under semi-automated control, with remote monitoring from indoors computer.  
(Power-Line networking)
- Ambient Temperature: 0.5°C (minimum)
- CCD operation -30°C (at 75% average cooling).  
- main objectives of the session were to perform further software testing and to acquire images of selected project stars for ongoing photometric and astrometric analysis, and to image a number of deep sky objects. Opportunity taken to acquire a follow-up image of Comet ISON (C/2012 S1)
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Algol - Variable Star  (Eclipsing Binary)

Algol (Perseus)
Image
CCD Image (50% size,)
2s (single frame), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2012-11-22 00:55 h UT (#527215)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME
 
Algol  - detail
Image
CCD Image (50% size,)
1s (single frame), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2012-11-22 00:56 h UT (#527217)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

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M42 - Bright Nebula (Great Nebula), with Trapezium

M42 (Orion)

Image

False Colour CCD Image (50% size)
7 x 5s exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 
2012-11-21 23:28 hUT (#527072-79)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

 

M42 - detail 

Image

CCD Image (sigmoidal scale, 35% size)
Image Details as above
(Full Size Image)

 

Image

CCD Image (sigmoidal scale, 35% size)
Contour Effect
Image details as above

 

Trapezium (at centre of M42)

Image

CCD Image (35% size)
  5 x 2s exposure (median combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 
2012-11-21 23:42 hUT (#527081-90)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

Trapezium - detail

Image

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

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NGC 1977 - Nebula / Open Cluster (Running Man Nebula)

NGC 1977 (Orion)
Hidden Treasures H32
[ Hidden Treasures ]

Image

CCD Image (50% size)
4 x 15s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2012-11-22 00:04 h UT (#527130-37)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

 

NGC 1977 - detail

Image

False Colour CCD Image (50% size)
Image details as above
(Larger Image)

 

NGC 1977 - Earlier Images (2006-11-18)

Image

CCD Image Mosaic (3 x 5), 33% size
60 sec exposure, 2x2 binning, C Filter
2006-11-18 00:34h UT (#153125-39)
(Larger Image, 75% size)

 

Image

CCD Image 
3 x 2 min exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2006-11-18 00:50h UT (#153142-44)
(Larger Image)

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