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Images - Session 612 (2018-06-06)

Objects Session Notes
Bullet Jupiter - Planet
   
Bullet Photometric Monitoring - Variables
   - None
   
Bullet Astrometric Monitoring - Nearby Stars
    - None
    
Bullet  
   
   
- Night Session (2 hrs duration).
Clear skies, low wind.
- Session operated from within observatory
- Main aims of the session was to test automated acquisition of images of a sequence of targets (Plan) that have been scheduled by a newly developed genetic algorithum optimisation program working with target data held in SQLite, and to acquire images of Jupiter and selected other objects.

In the event computer/software issues (POTH, telescope connection, CCDSoft freezing) prevented the execution of the planned computer generated observing plan.


- 12" LX200 + ST-10XME for imaging
- Ambient Temperature:  5°C (minimum)
- Notes from 2018-06-06 >>
    

Jupiter - Planet

Jupiter and 4 main moons

Image

CCD Image (cropped)
0.12s sec exposure (single frame), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2018-06-06  23:58 h UT (#612002)
12" LX200R  (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME

Image

Annotated CCD Image (cropped)
Image details as above

 

Jupiter - B Filter

Image

CCD Image (cropped, unsharp masked)
0.5s sec exposure (single frame, half-frame), 2x2 binning, B Filter
2018-06-07  01:03 h UT (#612013)
12" LX200R  (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME

Image

CCD Image (cropped, unsharp masked)
0.5s sec exposure (single frame, half-frame), 1x1 binning, B Filter
2018-06-07  01:04 h UT (#612016)
12" LX200R  (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME

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