David's Astronomy Pages Images - Session 548 (2013-10-12)

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154P/Brewington - Comet C/2012 F6 (Lemmon) - Comet     BL Lac - Active Extragalactic Object (Blazer)     NGC 2366 - Spiral Galaxy NGC 3718 - Spiral Galaxy NGC 3729 - Spiral Galaxy NGC 6742 - Planetary Nebula (Abell 50) NGC 7610 - Spiral Galaxy with SN 2013fs   Variable Stars (photometric monitoring) - RX And, Z And, TT Ari, R CrB, S Cyg, SS Cyg, AM Her, U Her, BL Lac, RU Peg, GK Per, FG Sge, U Sge, V Sge, WZ Sge     Nearby Stars (astrometric monitoring) - Barnards Star, Groombridge 34, EV Lac, Teegardens Star

- Evening session (3.9 hrs duration).  - Session operated under semi-automated control, with remote monitoring from indoors computer.   - Ambient Temperature:  3 - 5°C minimum - CCD operation -25°C (at 77% average cooling).   - main objectives of the session were to acquire images selected project stars for ongoing photometric and astrometric analysis. -

154P/Brewington - Comet

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C/2012 F6 (Lemmon) - Comet

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BL Lac - Active Extragalactic Object (Blazer)

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NGC 2366 - Spiral Galaxy (M81 Galaxy Group)

NGC 2366 (Camelopardalis)

CCD Image (50% size) 7 x 120 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2013-10-12 19:04hUT (#548001-07) 12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

NGC 2366- detail  The smaller galaxy to the lower left is NGC 2363

CCD Image (cropped) Image details as above

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NGC 3718 - Spiral Galaxy 

NGC 3718 (Ursa Major)

Annotated CCD Image (cropped) 5 x 120 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2013-10-12 22:19hUT (#548217-21) 12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

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NGC 3729 - Spiral Galaxy 

NGC 3729 (Ursa Major)

CCD Image (50% size) 5 x 120 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2013-10-12 22:32hUT (#548224-28) 12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

NGC 3729- detail

CCD Image (cropped) Image details as above

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NGC 6742 - Planetary Nebula (Abell 50)

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NGC 7610 - Spiral Galaxy with SN 2013fs

NGC 7610 with supernova SN 2013fs (Pegasus) SN 2013f (Type IIn) was discovered 2013/10/06.739 by Koichi Itagaki (Rochester Supernova site | Discovery Image ) The image below was taken 6.1 days after discovery when the nova was at magnitude  +15.2 The nova is the indicated by white markers.

Annotated CCD Image (cropped) 5 x 120 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2013-10-12 20:29hUT (#548117-21) 12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

NGC 7610 - detail

Negative CCD Image (cropped) Image details as above

NGC 7610 - wider view

CCD Image (50% size) Image details as above

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