David's Astronomy Pages
Images - Session 592 (2015-11-01)

Objects Session Notes
Bullet C/2013 X1 (PANSTARRS) - Comet
Bullet C/2014 A4 (SONEAR) - Comet
   
Bullet Nova Del 2013 - Nova (V339 Del)
   
Bullet Hickson 2 - Galaxy Group (PGC 1921 et al)
Bullet Hickson 3 - Galaxy Group (PGC 2045 et al)
Bullet Hickson 4 - Galaxy Group (PGC 2047 et al)
Bullet Hickson 6 - Galaxy Group (PGC 2353 et al)
Bullet Hickson 11 - Galaxy Group (PGC 5362 et al)
Bullet Hickson 12 - Galaxy Group (PGC 5437 et al)
Bullet Hickson 13 - Galaxy Group (PGC 5437 et al)
Bullet Hickson 14 - Galaxy Group (PGC 7557 et al) 
Bullet Hickson 15 - Galaxy Group (PGC 8117 et al)
   
Bullet IC 211 - Spiral Galaxy
   
Bullet Variable Stars (photometric monitoring)
  - RX And, Z And, TT Ari, R CrB, CI Cyg, SS Cyg, BL Lac, CY Lyr, CN Ori, FO Ori, FU Ori, NV Ori, RU Peg, DY Per, GK Per, FG Sge, U Sge, V Sge, WZ Sge, ER UMa
   
Bullet Nearby Stars (astrometric monitoring)
  - Teegardens Star
- Late night session (5.9 hrs duration). Very clear skies.
- Session operated under semi-automated control, with remote monitoring from indoors computer.  
- Ambient Temperature:  6.0°C (minimum) by end of session
- CCD operation -20°C (at 64% average cooling). 
- Planned objectives of the session were to monitor selected variable stars and acquire images of selected gallery objects.
- Hickson 4 and Hickson 11 images are rather poor and need to be re-acquired.

C/2013 X1 (PANSTARRS) - Comet

C/2013 X1 (PANSTARRS)
(passing through starfield in Perseus)
Sun distance 2.69 AU
Image
CCD Image (50% size)
2 x 60s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2015-11-01 21:49 h UT (#592200-01)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
 
C/2013 X1 (PANSTARRS)  - detail
Stacked image, with sub-frames aligned on comet
Trailed stars show that the comet is moving against the background
Image
CCD Image (100% size, logscale, cropped)
5 x 60s exposure (average combine/aligned on comet), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2015-11-01 21:51 h UT (#592200-04)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
 
C/2013 X1 (PANSTARRS)  - motion over 55 minutes
1) 2015-11-01 21:49 h UT (#592200-01)
2) 2015-11-01 22:44 h UT (#592239-40)
1) Image
2) Image
CCD Images (100% size, cropped)
2 x 60s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME

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 C/2014 A4 (SONEAR) - Comet

C/2014 A4 (SONEAR) 
(passing through starfield in Pisces)
Sun distance 4.21 AU
Image
CCD Image (50% size)
2 x 60s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2015-11-01 23:11 h UT (#592208-11)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
 
C/2014 A4 (SONEAR)  - motion over 57 minutes
1) 2015-11-01 22:00 h UT (#592208-11)
2) 2015-11-01 22:57 h UT (#592251-55)
1) Image
2) Image
CCD Images (100% size, cropped)
2 x 60s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME

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 Nova Del 2013 - Nova (V339 Del)

Nova Del 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
Alias:  V339 Del
 
Nova Del 2013  - 2015-11-01 (T+810d)
taken 810 days after discovery when the nova had faded to around +13.6
Image
CCD Image (cropped)
5 x 5 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2015-11-01 21:22hUT (#592174-78)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
 
Images of Nova Del 2013 on Novae Page >>
 
Earlier Image of Nova Del 2013 - 2013-09-08 (T+25d)
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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Hickson 2 - Galaxy Group (PGC 1921 et al)

Hickson 2 (Pisces)
PGC 1921 catalog mag +14.0, PGC 1914 catalog mag +14.3
 PGC 1927 catlog mag +15.1, PGC 1934 catalog mag +16.3
Image
Annotated CCD Image (cropped)
2 x 90s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2015-11-01 22:06 h UT (#592214-15)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
 
Hickson 2 - wider view
Image
CCD Image (50% size)
Image details as above

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Hickson 3 - Galaxy Group (PGC 2045 et al)

Hickson 3 (Cetus)
PGC 2045 catalog mag +15.4, PGC 2064 catalog mag +15.8
 PGC 2043 catlog mag +16.2, PGC 2059 catalog mag +16.9
Image
Annotated CCD Image (cropped)
2 x 90s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2015-11-01 22:18 h UT (#592222-23)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
 
Hickson 3 - wider view
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CCD Image (50% size)
Image details as above

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Hickson 4 - Galaxy Group (PGC 2047 et al)

Hickson 4 (Cetus)
Image
CCD Image (cropped)
2 x 90s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2015-11-01 22:18 h UT (#592228-29)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
 

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Hickson 6 - Galaxy Group (PGC 2353 et al)

Hickson 6 (Cetus)
PGC 2353 catalog mag +15.9, PGC 2350 catalog mag +16.0
 PGC 2351 catlog mag +15.9, PGC 2347 catalog mag +17.8
Image
Annotated CCD Image (150% size, cropped)
2 x 90s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2015-11-01 22:36 h UT (#592232-33)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
 
Hickson 6 - wider view
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CCD Image (50% size)
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Hickson 11 - Galaxy Group (PGC 5362 et al)

Hickson 11 (Cetus)
Image
CCD Image (cropped)
5 x 90s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2015-11-01 23:18 h UT (#592265-69)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
 

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Hickson 12 - Galaxy Group (PGC 5437 et al)

Hickson 12 (Cetus)
PGC 5437 catalog mag +15.1, PGC 5439 catalog mag +16.7
PGC 5445 catalog mag +17.6, PGC 5443 catlog mag +17.7,
PGC 5432 catalog mag +18.2
Image
Annotated CCD Image (125% size, cropped)
4 x 90s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2015-11-01 22:36 h UT (#592273-76)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
 
Hickson 12 - detail
Image
Negative CCD Image (125% size)
Image details as above
 
Hickson 12 - wider view
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CCD Image (50% size)
Image details as above

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Hickson 13 - Galaxy Group (PGC 5437 et al)

Hickson 13 (Cetus)
PGC 5732 catalog mag +15.4, PGC 5735 catalog mag +15.6
PGC 5736 catalog mag +16.4, PGC 5728 catlog mag +17.5,
PGC 5741 catalog mag +17.4
Image
Annotated CCD Image (100% size, cropped)
5 x 90s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2015-11-01 23:40h UT (#592279-83)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
 
Hickson 13 - wider view
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CCD Image (50% size)
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Hickson 14 - Galaxy Group (PGC 7557 et al)

Hickson 14 (Cetus)
PGC 7557 catalog mag +14.8, PGC 7553 catalog mag +15.3
PGC 7550 catalog mag +16.3, PGC 7546 catlog mag +16.4
Image
Annotated CCD Image (125% size, cropped)
4 x 90s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2015-11-01 23:54 h UT (#592288-92)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
 
Hickson 14 - detail
adjacent bright star is the mag +8.2 star HIP 9338
Image
Negative CCD Image (125% size)
Image details as above
 
Hickson 14 - wider view
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Hickson 15 - Galaxy Group (PGC 8117 et al)

Hickson 15 (Cetus)
PGC 8117 catlog mag +14.7, PGC 8128 catalog mag +14.8,
PGC 8110 catalog mag +15.0, PGC 8114 catalog mag +15.3
PGC 8096 catalog mag +15.8, PGC 8116 catalog mag +16.0,
Annotated CCD Image (100% size, cropped)
2 x 90s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2015-11-01 23:54 h UT (#592298-99)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
 
Hickson 15 - detail
adjacent bright star is the mag +8.2 star HIP 9338
Image
Negative CCD Image (125% size)
Image details as above
 
Hickson 15 - wider view
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CCD Image (50% size)
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IC 211 - Spiral Galaxy

IC 211 (Cetus)
IC 211 catalog mag +13.0, NGC 851 catalog mag +14.2
PGC 1260345 catalog mag +17.5
Image
Annotated CCD Image (50% size)
3 x 90s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2015-11-01 21:35 h UT (#592189-93)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
   
IC 211 - detail
Image
CCD Image (100% size, cropped)
Image details as above

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