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Abell 10 - Planetary Nebula (PLN 197-14.1) Photometric Monitoring - Variables - None Astrometric Monitoring - Nearby Stars - None
- Evening session (4 hrs duration).
Clear skies. Wind 0-5 mph.- Session operated mainly from the observatory - Ambient Temperature: -1.5°C (minimum) - CCD operation -25°C and -30°C (at % average cooling). - Planned objectives of the session were to return 12" LX200 scope back to observing/imaging following replacement of Main Board and to examine impact of RA drive on telescope tracking - Notes from 2016-12-27 >>
(includes notes for the period 2016-11-23 to 2016-12-29, with details about LX200 failure in Nov (main board), RA Drive Issue/Fix and plans for new equipment in 2017
Abell 10 / PLN 197-14.1 (Orion) Deep sky challenge object in the Jan 2017 edition of Astronomy Now magazine |
CCD Image (50% size) 4 x 30s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2016-12-27 22:57h UT (#598220-39) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME |
Abell 10 - detail |
CCD Image (100% size, cropped) Image details as above |
Abell 10 - Imaging Problems due to RA gear
slip Poor telescope tracking with 40-50 arc sec jumps in RA every 105 seconds due to worm gear slippage resulted in only 4 usable frames out of 27 frames taken (an 85% wastage factor). The image below shows an example of a rejected frame |
Annotated CCD Image (50% size) 30s exposure, 3x3 binning, C Filter 2016-12-27 23:02h UT (#598235) 12" LX200R + ST-10XME |
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