David's Astronomy Pages
Images - Session 614 (2018-07-22)

Objects Session Notes
Bullet EV Lac - Nearby Star (GJ 873)
Bullet GK Per - Variable Star
Bullet Groombridge 34 - Nearby Double Star - 11.7 ly
   
Bullet NGC 7094 - Planetary Nebula
   
Bullet Photometric Monitoring - Variables
   - None

  (GK Per attempt failed due to centering issue)
   
Bullet Astrometric Monitoring - Nearby Stars
    - EV Lac, Groombridge 34

 
   
- Night Session (1.7 hrs duration).
Clear summer twilight skies, low wind
- Session conducted as a Fully Automated Run, in which the Observatory Control Program opened the  Observatory, built and executed an optimised Observing Plan before finally closing the Observatory at the end of the night
(Session was monitored from both in the observatory and remotely to check that things were proceeding ok and intervene if necessary)
- Main aim of the session was to test the Clair 3 Observatory running in Fully Automated Mode.  Secondary aim was to acquire images of a selection of targets.

- 12" LX200 + ST-10XME for imaging
- Ambient Temperature:  14°C (minimum)
- Notes from 2018-07-22 >>
    

EV Lac - Nearby Star (GJ 873) 

EV Lac / GJ 873 (Lacerta)
image affected by poor focusing
Image
CCD Image (50% size)
7 x 10 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, V Filter
2018-07-23 00:05 UT (#614053-59)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
 
EV Lac - Earlier Baseline Image (2008)
Image
Annotated CCD Image
3 x 30 sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2008-06-09 00:22 UT (#290078-82)
8" LX200 + ST-7E

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GK Per - Variable Star 

Attempted VR photometry imaging of GK Per,  however the N/W offsets held in the Targets Database where not correctly imported with the Observing Plan

GK Per (Perseus)
Image
CCD Image (50% size)
5 sec exposure (single exposure), 3x3 binning, V Filter
2018-07-23 00:32 UT (#614002)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
 
GK - Earlier Reference Image (2008)
Image
Annotated CCD Image
3 x 30s exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, V filter 
2008-09-28 20:44h UT (#307056-60)
8" LX200 + ST-7E
 
Image
Annotated CCD Image 
3 x 30s exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C filter 
2008-09-27 21:41h UT (#306152-58)
8" LX200 + ST-7E

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Groombridge 34 - Nearby Double Star - 11.7 ly

Groombridge 34 (Andromeda)
Image
CCD Image (50% size)
5 sec exposure (single frame), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2018-07-23 01:43 UT (#614017)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
 
Groombridge 34 - detail
A - GX And (HD 1326),  B - GQ And
Motion of the two stars (2006 to 2018) is very clear
Image
CCD Image (100% size, cropped)
Image details as above
 
Groombridge 34 - Earlier Image (2006)
Image
Annotated CCD Image (50% size)
7 x 20s (average combine), 1x1 binning, C filter
2006-07-24 00:09h UT (#131156-62)
8" LX200 + ST-7E

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NGC 7094 - Planetary Nebula

Deep Sky Challenge object in Sep 2017 edition of Astronomy Now magazine

NGC 7094 (Pegasus)
Nebula is present but very faint, marked by white cross-hairs
Image
CCD Image (50% size)
4 x 90s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2017-11-02 19:07h UT (#614011-15)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
 
NGC 7094 - detail
Image
CCD Image (100% size, cropped)
Adjusted Black-White Range
Image details as above
 
Image
Negative CCD Image (100% size, cropped)
Adjusted Black-White Range
Image details as above
 
NGC 7094 - earlier image attempt (2017)
Image
CCD Image (100% size, cropped, gaussian blur)
4 x 30s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2017-11-02 19:07h UT (#603045-54)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME

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