David's Astronomy Pages
Images - Session 549 (2013-10-15)

Objects Session Notes
Bullet C/2012 F6 (Lemmon) - Comet
   
Bullet NGC 1569 - Irregular Galaxy 
Bullet NGC 2976 - Spiral Galaxy - 14.8 mly
Bullet NGC 3359 - Spiral Galaxy
Bullet NGC 5866 - Spiral Galaxy (Herschel I-215)
Bullet NGC 6607, NGC 6608, NGC 6609 - Adjacent Galaxies
Bullet NGC 6796 - Spiral Galaxy
Bullet NGC 6869 - Spiral Galaxy
 
Bullet Variable Stars (photometric monitoring)
- RX And, Z And, TT Ari, R CrB, CI Cyg, SS Cyg, U Her, BL Lac, GK Per, FG Sge, U Sge, V Sge, WZ Sge
 
Bullet Nearby Stars (astrometric monitoring)
- None
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- Evening session (3.9 hrs duration). 
- Session operated under semi-automated control, with remote monitoring from indoors computer.  
- Ambient Temperature:  2.5°C minimum
- CCD operation -25°C (at 69% average cooling).  
- main objectives of the session were to acquire images selected project stars for ongoing photometric and astrometric analysis, and to take images of selected galaxies in Ursa Major/Draco region.
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C/2012 F6 (Lemmon) - Comet

C/2012 F6 (Lemmon) - 2013-10-15
(passing through Draco)
Sun Distance 3.25 AU (receeding)

Image

CCD Image ( cropped)
5 x 60 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C filter, 
2013-10-15 21:48hUT (#549173-77)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

Images of C/2012 F6 (Lemmon) on Comets 2013 Page >>

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NGC 1569 - Irregular Galaxy 

NGC 1569 (Camelopardalis)
Image
CCD Image (50% size)
4 x 120 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2013-10-15 19:08hUT (#549026-31)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME
 
NGC 1569 - detail 
Image
CCD Image (linear scale, cropped)
Image details as above
 
Image
CCD Image (log scale, cropped)
Image details as above
 
Image
False Colour CCD Image (square root scale, cropped)
Image details as above
(Inverse Spectrum)

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NGC 2976 - Spiral Galaxy - 14.8 mly

NGC 2976   (Ursa Major)
- an outlying member of the M81 group
Image
CCD Image (50% size)
5 x 120 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2013-10-15 19:28h UT (#549046-50)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME
 
NGC 2976 - detail
Image
CCD Image (100% size, cropped)
Image details as above
NGC 2976 - Earlier Image (2012-10-21)
Image
CCD Image (100% size, cropped)
4 x 90 sec exposure (median combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2012-10-21 21:43 h UT (#517142-45)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

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NGC 3359 - Spiral Galaxy 

NGC 3359   (Ursa Major)
Image
CCD Image (50% size)
5 x 120 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2013-10-15 19:42h UT (#549053-57)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME
 
NGC 3359 - wider view
Image
CCD Image (100% size, cropped)
Image details as above

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NGC 5866 - Spiral Galaxy (Herschel I-215)

NGC 5866  /  Herschel I-215  (Draco)
Hidden Treasures catalog object 75
[ Herschel 400 Objects ]  [ Hidden Treasures ]

Image
CCD Image (50%,  Linear Scale)
5 x 120s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2013-10-15 20:38hUT (#549098-102)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

 

NGC 5866 - detail

Image
CCD Image (100%, Linear Scale, cropped)
Image details as above

 

NGC 5866 - Earlier Image (2010-09-27)

Image
CCD Image (100%, Linear Scale, cropped)
5 x 90s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2010-09-27 00:32hUT (#429291-95)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

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NGC 6607, NGC 6608, NGC 6609 - Adjacent Galaxies

NGC 6609  (Draco)

Image
CCD Image (cropped)
5 x 120s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2013-10-15 21:09hUT (#549122-26)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

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NGC 6796 - Spiral Galaxy 

NGC 6796   (Draco)
Image
CCD Image (100% size, cropped)
5 x 120 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2013-10-15 20:24h UT (#549091-95)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME
 
NGC 6796 - wider view
Image
CCD Image (50% size)
Image details as above

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NGC 6869 - Spiral Galaxy 

NGC 6869   (Draco)
Image
CCD Image (100% size)
4 x 120 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2013-10-15 20:11h UT (#549084-87)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME
 
NGC 6869 - detail
Image
CCD Image (log scaling, 150% size, cropped)
Image details as above
 
NGC 6869 - wider view
Image
CCD Image (50% size)
Image details as above

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