David's Astronomy Pages Images - Session 537 (2012-12-31)

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Objects	Session Notes
NGC 1499 - Nebula (California Nebula)   Photometric Monitoring - Variables - RX And, U And, W And, Z And, TT ARi, FS Aur, KR Aur, CV CMi, SY Cnc, U Gem, BL Lac, RZ LMi, CN Ori, CZ Ori, FO Ori, FU Ori, NV Ori, DY Per, GK Per, RR Tau, SU Tau     Astrometric Monitoring - Nearby Stars - DX Cnc, CN Leo, Teegardens Star	- Late Evening session (3.8 hrs duration) - Session operated under semi-automated control, with remote monitoring from indoors computer.   - Ambient Temperature: -1.0°C, (minimum)  - CCD operation -30°C (at 66% average cooling).   - main objectives of the session were to acquire images of selected project stars for ongoing photometric and astrometric analysis.  -

NGC 1499 - Nebula  (California nebula)

Part of NGC 1499  (Perseus)

CCD Image (50%) 3 x 600 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter  2013-01-01 03:11hUT (#537181-83) 12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

Part of NGC 1499 - Early Image of similar area (2005)

Large, very faint Nebula.   A long exposure was needed to capture this small portion (Mag limit approximately +18.0)

CCD Image  5 x 120s (average combine), C filter 2005-09-30 22:06h UT (#95049-53) 8" LX200 Classic + ST-7e

Index Map for above Image (created using TheSky)

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