David's Astronomy Pages
Images - Session 573 (2014-12-02)

Objects Session Notes
Bullet C/2011 J2 LINEAR - Comet
Bullet C/2014 Q3 Borisov - Comet
   
Bullet Nova Delphini 2013 - Nova
Bullet IW And - Variable Star (Z Camelopardalis-type)
   
Bullet Berk 4 - Open Cluster
Bullet Hickson 41 - Galaxy Group
Bullet Hickson 39 - Galaxy Group
Bullet Hickson 40 - Galaxy Group
Bullet Hickson 36 - Galaxy Group
   
Bullet M15 - Globular Cluster
   
Bullet NGC 133 - Open Cluster
Bullet NGC 1502 - Open Cluster
Bullet NGC 7510 - Open Cluster
   
Bullet Tombaugh 5 Attempt - Open Cluster
   
Bullet Variable Stars (photometric monitoring)
  - FO And, IW And, RX And, U And, Z And, TT Ari. FS Aur, KR Aur, CV CMi, SY Cnc, R CrB, CI Cyg, S Cyg, SS Cyg, U Gem, AM Her, U Her, BL Lac, RZ LMi, CY Lyr, CN Ori, CZ Ori, FO Ori, FU Ori, NV Ori, DY Per, GK Per, UV Per, FG Sge, U Sge, V Sge, WZ Sge, RR Tau, SU Tau, ER UMa
   
Bullet Nearby Stars (astrometric monitoring)
  - Ross 248 (HH And), Groombridge 34, EV Lac, CN Leo, Teegardens Star
- All night session (14.5 hrs duration).   Very good seeing, almost windless. Moonlight and high thin cloud.
- Session operated under semi-automated control, with remote monitoring from indoors computer.  
- Ambient Temperature:  Temperature falling progressively from +2°C at dusk to a minimum of -2.0°C by dawn
- CCD operation -25°C (at 57% average cooling). 
- Main objectives of the session was to monitor selected variable stars & nearby stars and to take gallery images of a range of deep sky objects.  
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C/2011 J2 LINEAR - Comet

C/2011 J2 LINEAR - 2014-12-02
(Passing through starfield in Pegasus )

Sun distance 4.62 AU
Image
CCD Image (100% size, cropped)
4 x 45 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2014-12-02 19:47hUT (#573179-82)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
 
Images of C/2011 J2 LINEAR on Comets 2014 Page >>

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C/2014 Q3 Borisov - Comet

C/2014 Q3 Borisov - 2014-12-02
(Passing through starfield in Pegasus )
Sun distance 1.66 AU
Image
CCD Image (100% size, cropped)
3 x 45 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2014-12-02 21:20hUT (#573282-84)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
 
C/2014 Q3 Borisov - Image Animation - 2014-12-02
Showing motion over a 1h 40m period
Image
CCD Image Animation (100% size, cropped)
3 x 45 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
Frame 1 :  2014-12-02 19:40hUT (#573173-75)
Frame 2 :  2014-12-02 21:20hUT (#573282-84)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
 
Images of C/2014 Q3 Borisov on Comets 2014 Page >>

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 Nova Delphini 2013 - Nova

Nova Delphini 2013 (Delphinus)
Nova Delphini was discovered on 14th August 2013 by Japanese observer Koichi Itagaki at magnitude +6.8. 
Koichi had imaged the same field the day before and nothing was visible at the same location.
The progenitor star was identified from archive images as being magnitude +16.9

The image below was taken 474 days after discovery when the nova had faded to around +13.1

Image
CCD Image (cropped)
5 x 5 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2014-11-30 21:19hUT (#572171-75)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
 
Earlier Image of Nova Delphini (2014)  - 2014-10-29
taken 441 days after discovery when nova had faded to around ~ +13.1
(NB poor  sky transparency)
Image
CCD Image (cropped)
5 x 5 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2014-10-29 00:34hUT (#566428-32)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
 
Earlier Image of Nova Delphini (2013)  - 2013-11-01
taken 80 days after discovery when nova had faded to around +10.6
Image
CCD Image (cropped)
4 x 5 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2013-11-01 19:03hUT (#552148-52)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME
 
Earlier Image of Nova Delphini (2013)  - 2013-10-27
taken 75 days after discovery when nova had faded to around +10.5 
Image
CCD Image (cropped)
5 sec exposure (single frame), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2013-10-27 22:18hUT (#551028)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME
 
Earlier Image of Nova Delphini (2013)  - 2013-10-11
taken 59 days after discovery when nova had faded to around +9.5
Image
CCD Image (cropped)
5 x 5 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2013-10-11 19:08hUT (#547165-69)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME
 
Earlier Image of Nova Delphini (2013)  - 2013-09-08
taken 25 days after discovery when nova was at magnitude +7.5
Image
CCD Image (cropped)
5 x 5 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2013-09-08 22:19hUT (#546057-61)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

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IW And - Variable Star (Z Camelopardalis-type)

IW And (Andromeda)
CVnet reports that this star is in outburst
GCVS Catalog :  Type UGZ, Mag Range +13.7 to +17.3
The approximate magnitude in the image below is +14.1 (C) which confirms an outburst
Image
Annotated CCD Image (100% size, cropped)
3 x 15 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2014-11-30 19:48hUT (#572028-34)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
 
IW And - Wider View
Image
Annotated CCD Image (50% size)
Image details as above

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Berk 4 - Open Cluster

Berk 4 (Cassiopeia)
Image
CCD Image (50% size)
5 x 20 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2014-11-30 22:28hUT (#572261-65)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME

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Hickson 41 - Galaxy Group

Follow up images required (only 1 frame was acceptable)

Hickson 41 (Ursa Major)
Image
CCD Image (50% size)
90 sec exposure (single frame), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2014-12-02 23:44hUT (#573400)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME

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Hickson 39 - Galaxy Group

Hickson 39 (Hydra)
Image
CCD Image (75% size, cropped)
4 x 90 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2014-12-03 04:38hUT (#573777-80)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
 
Hickson 39 - detail
PGC 1120300 (catalog mag +17.1), PGC 26931 (catalog mag +17.4),
PGC 26929 (catalog mag +17.1), PGC 26926 (catalog mag +17.1),
PGC 26925 (catalog mag +17.7)
Image
Annotated CCD Image (150% size, cropped)
Image details as above
 

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Hickson 42 - Galaxy Group

Hickson 42 (Hydra)
Image
CCD Image (50% size)
5 x 90 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2014-12-03 04:49hUT (#573783-89)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
 
Hickson 42 - detail
NGC 3091 (catalog mag +11.2), NGC 3096 (catalog mag +13.8),
PGC 28922 (catalog mag +14.3),  PGC 28926 (catalog mag +16.1)
PGC 852084 (catalog mag +15.8)
(Note: a number of fainter galaxies are not visible in this image)
Image
Annotated CCD Image (100% size, cropped)
Image details as above
 
Hickson 42 - negative image
Image
Negative CCD Image (100% size, cropped)
Image details as above

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Hickson 40 - Galaxy Group

Hickson 40 (Hydra)
Image
CCD Image (50% size)
4 x 90 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2014-12-03 05:05hUT (#573795-98)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
 
Hickson 40 - detail
PGC 27509 (catalog mag +13.8), PGC 27516 (catalog mag +15.1),
PGC 27515 (catalog mag +17.4), PGC 27508 (catalog mag +15.6)
PGC 27513 (catalog mag +14.9)
Image
Annotated CCD Image (100% size, cropped)
Image details as above
 
Hickson 40 - negative image
Image
Negative CCD Image (100% size, cropped)
Image details as above

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Hickson 36 - Galaxy Group

Hickson 36 (Cancer)
Image
CCD Image (50% size)
5 x 90 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2014-12-03 05:16hUT (#573803-07)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
 
Hickson 36 - detail
IC 528 (catalog mag +15.0), PGC 25791 (catalog mag +16.8),
PGC 25779 (catalog mag +17.4), PGC 25782 (catalog mag +17.5)

The bright foreground star is SAO 98393 (mag +8.8)
Image
Annotated CCD Image (100% size, cropped)
Image details as above
 
Hickson 36 - negative image
Image
Negative CCD Image (100% size, cropped)
Image details as above

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M15 - Globular Cluster

M15 (Pegasus)
Image
CCD Image (35% size)
4 x 30 sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2014-11-30 21:30hUT (#572186-91)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
 
M15 - detail
Image
CCD Image (80% size, cropped)
Image details as above

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NGC 133 - Open Cluster

NGC 133 (Cassiopeia)
Image
CCD Image (50% size)
5 x 20 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2014-11-30 22:24hUT (#572254-58)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
  
NGC 133 - detail
Image
CCD Image (75% size)
Image details as above
[ Full Size Image ]

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NGC 1502 -  Open Cluster

NGC 1502 (Camelopardalis)
Image
CCD Image (75% size)
5 x 20 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2014-11-30 22:33 h UT  (#572269-73)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
   
NGC 1502 - Earlier Image (2012-02-06)
Image
CCD Image (75% size)
4 x 10 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2012-02-06 21:56 h UT  (#501090-94)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

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NGC 7510 - Open Cluster

NGC 7510 (Cepheus)
Image
CCD Image (75% size)
3 x 20 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2014-11-30 22:19 h UT (#572247-51)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
  
NGC 7510 - Earlier Image (2012-02-06)
Image
CCD Image (75% size)
3 x 30 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2012-02-06 21:22 h UT (#501050-54)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME
  
NGC 7510 - Earlier Image (2007-12-22)
Image
CCD Image
3 x 60 sec (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2007-12-22 21:59hUT (#245728-30)
8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E

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Tombaugh 5 Attempt -  Open Cluster

Tombaugh 5 Attempt (Camelopardalis)
Image
CCD Image (50% size)
5 x 45 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2014-11-30 22:59 h UT  (#572283-87)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME

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