David's Astronomy Pages Images - Session 593 (2015-11-02)

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Uranus - Planet     C/2013 X1 (PANSTARRS) - Comet C/2014 A4 (Sonear) - Comet     M1 - Supernova remnant (Crab Nebula) M36 - Open Cluster     Photometric Monitoring - Variables   - RX And, CY Lyr, DY Per, GK Per, WZ Sge     Astrometric Monitoring - Nearby Stars   - None

- Late night session (1.5 hrs duration). Very clear skies. - Session operated under semi-automated control, with remote monitoring from indoors computer.   - Ambient Temperature:  temperature gradually falling from 6.0°C to minimum of 3.0°C (minimum) by end of session - CCD operation -20°C (at 55% average cooling).  - Planned objectives of the session were to monitor selected variable stars and acquire images of selected gallery objects. - Observing session with Ian Shaw

Uranus - Planet

Uranus (passing through Pisces)

CCD Image (50% size) 10s exposure, 3x3 binning, C Filter 2015-11-02 22:34 h UT (#593031) 12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME

Uranus - detail (4 arc sec diameter)

Annotated CCD Image (cropped) 7 x 1s exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2015-11-02 22:35 h UT (#593032-38) 12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME

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C/2013 X1 (PANSTARRS) - Comet

C/2013 X1 (PANSTARRS) (passing through starfield in Perseus) Sun distance 2.68 AU

CCD Image (50% size) 60s exposure (single frame), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2015-11-02 23:17 h UT (#593074) 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

CCD Image (cropped) 3 x 60s exposure (average combine/aligned on comet), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2015-11-02 23:19 h UT (#593074-77) 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

CCD Image (cropped) 3 x 60s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2015-11-02 23:11 h UT (#593067-70) 12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME

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M1 - Supernova remnant (Crab Nebula)

M1 (Taurus)

CCD Image (50% size) 3 x 60s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2015-11-02 22:41 h UT (#593041-45) 12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME

M1 - detail

CCD Image (100% size, cropped) Image details as above

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 M36 - Open Cluster

M36 (Auriga)

CCD Image Mosaic (40% size) 20s exposure, 3x3 binning, C Filter (Part of a 3x3 frame mosaic) 2015-11-02 23:11 h UT (#593049-57) 12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME (larger view, 75% size)

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