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- Full Night Session (13.8 hours duration) .
Session operated in fully automated mode. First part of session was monitored over remote connection. The final 7 hours were unattended.
- Main aim of the session was acquire images of a selection of nearby stars, variable stars and deep sky objects taking advantage of the good weather conditions. Secondary aim was to test recent changes and additions to AstroMain program - 12" LX200 + ST-10XME for imaging - TS 80mm APO + ZWO ASI178MC for guiding & imaging - Ambient Temperature: -5°C (minimum) - CCD Temperature: -25°C (68% av. power) - Notes from 2019-01-02 >> Attempts to image Hickson 39, 40, 47, 54, 64, 67, 72, 76, 80 failed due to Automated Guiding Failures
38P/Stephan-Oterma (passing through Lynx) Sun Distance 1.72 AU Earth Distance 0.79 AU (118.6 million km) |
CCD Image (50% size, linear scale) 3 x 30s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-01-03 01:48 UT (#647346-49) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME (Autoguided on a guide star using TS 80mm APO + ZWO ASI178MC) |
CCD Image (50% size, log scale) Image details as above |
Annotated CCD Image (100% size, log scale, cropped) Image details as above |
38P/Stephan-Oterma - RotationalGradient Processing (Processing performed in IRIS 5.59) |
Processed CCD Image (100% size, 15 deg rotational shift, cropped) Image details as above |
More Images of 38P/Stephan-Oterma |
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46P/Wirtanen (passing through Lynx) Sun Distance 1.09 AU Earth Distance 0.13 AU (19.8 million km) |
46P/Wirtanen - Detail Aligned on comet |
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CCD Image (50% size, linear scale) 15s exposure (single frame), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-01-02 23:58 UT (#647261) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME |
CCD Image (50% size, logscale) 18 x 15s exposure average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-01-03 00:01 UT (#647261-81) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME) |
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46P/Wirtanen - RotationalGradient Processing 15 deg rotational shift (Processing performed in IRIS 5.59) |
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CCD Image (50% size, logscale) Image details as above |
Processed CCD Image (50% size,rotational gradient) Image details as above |
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46P/Wirtanen - Earlier Image (2018-12-16) (passing through Taurus) Near to point of closest distance from earth Sun Distance 1.06 AU Earth Distance 0.08 AU (11.6 million km) |
46P/Wirtanen - Earlier Detail (2018-12-16) | |
CCD Image (50% size, linear scale) 15s exposure (single frame), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2018-12-16 21:03 UT (#641184) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME |
CCD Image (50% size, log scale) 31 x 15s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2018-12-16 21:03 to 21:16 UT (#641184-222) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME (Autoguided on comet using TS 80mm APO + ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2) |
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C/2015 O1 (PANSTARRS) (passing through star field in Ursa Major) Sun distance 4.65 AU. (comet seems particularly bright given its distance from the Sun) |
Annotated CCD Image (50% size) 5 x 60s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-01-03 04:57 UT (#647441-45) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2 |
C/2015 O1 (PANSTARRS) - Detail Estimated Magnitude +16.8 |
Annotated CCD Image (100% size,cropped) Image details as above |
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LAMOST-HVS1 is the first hypervelocity star (HVS) discovered from the LAMOST spectroscopic survey (Zheng et al, 2014, see report ) . It is a B-type star with a heliocentric radial velocity about 620 km/s, which projects to a Galactocentric radial velocity component of ~477 km/s. With a heliocentric distance of ~13 kpc and an apparent magnitude of ~13 mag, it is the nearest bright HVS currently known. With a mass of ~9Msun, it is one of the three most massive HVSs discovered so far. The star is clustered (taken from report abstract )
LAMOST-HVS1 (Cancer) |
Annotated CCD Image (70% size) 6 x 20s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-01-03 03:42 UT (#647407-13) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME |
LAMOST-HVS1 - Earlier Image (2018-12-04) Position of HVS1 star confirmed using Simbad & Aladin 10 Desktop https://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/AladinDesktop/ (Catalogue Magnitude +12.98 (B) ) |
Annotated CCD Image (50% size) 3 x 20s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2018-12-04 00:03 UT (#639025-31) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME |
LAMOST-HVS1 - Earlier Detail (2018-12-04) |
Annotated CCD Image (100% size, cropped) Image details as above |
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Schloz's Star (Monoceros) Star is highlighted by white circle |
Annotated CCD Image (50% size) 120 sec exposure (single exposure), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-01-02 23:51 UT (#647257) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2 |
Schloz's Star - Close Up |
Annotated CCD Image (150% size, cropped) Image details as above |
Schloz's Star - Reference Picture (generated using Aladin) |
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Hickson 36 (Cancer) |
CCD Image (50% size) 3 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-01-03 02:26 UT (#647365-68) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2 |
Hickson 36 - detail |
CCD Image (100% size, cropped) Image details as above |
Hickson 36 - Earlier Image (2014-12-03) IC 528 (catalog mag +15.0), PGC 25791 (catalog mag +16.8), PGC 25779 (catalog mag +17.4), PGC 25782 (catalog mag +17.5) The bright foreground star is SAO 98393 (mag +8.8) |
Annotated CCD Image (100% size, cropped) 5 x 90 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2014-12-03 05:16hUT (#573803-07) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME |
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Hickson 46 (Leo) |
CCD Image (50% size) 4 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-01-03 02:46 UT (#647372-75) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2 |
Hickson 46 - Detail PGC 30347 (catalog mag +16.3), PGC 30349 (catalog mag +16.4) PGC 30350 (catalog mag +15.1), PGC 30354 (catalog mag +16.4) |
Annotated CCD Image (100% size, cropped, linear
scaling) Image details as above |
CCD Image (100% size, cropped, square root
scaling) Image details as above |
Hickson 46 - Earlier Image (2017-11-15) PGC 30347(catalog mag +16.3), PGC 30349 (catalog mag +16.4), PGC 30350(catalog mag +15.1), PGC 30354 (catalog mag +16.4), PGC 1541450 (catalog mag +16.3), PGC 1545452 (catalog mag +16.8) |
Annotated Negative CCD Image (50% size) 3 x 300s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2017-11-15 04:28h UT (#604095-97) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME (Autoguided using TS 80mm APO + ZWO ASI178MC) |
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AT2018lcl - Nova in M31 (Andromeda) AT2018lcl, TNS discovered 2018/12/30.855 by Emmanuel Conseil ( Rochester Extragalactic Novae Page | Discovery Image ) Nova is shown in the image below by white cross-hairs. Image (2019-01-02.98) was taken 3.1 days after discovery |
Annotated CCD Image (50% size) 2 x 120 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-01-02 23:33 UT (#647246-47) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2 |
AT2018lcl - Close Up Estimated Magnitude +17.0 (vs + 15.9 at discovery) |
Annotated CCD Image (100% size, cropped) Image details as above |
AT2018lc - Detail |
Negative CCD Image (100% size, cropped) Image details as above |
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M77 (Perseus) |
CCD Image (50% size, linear scale) 4 x 120s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-01-02 22:36 UT (#647221-24) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2 |
M77 with SN 2018ivc - 2019-01-02 (T+39.9d) SN 2018ivc (Type II Supernova) was discovered 2018/11/24.074 by DLT40 ( Rochester Supernova site | K. Itagaki image ) Image below (2019-01-02.942) was taken 39.9 days after discovery of SN 2018ivc No positive indication of SN 2018ivc in this image (12 mins total exposure) SN seems to have faded to below magnitude limits of image |
CCD Image (100% size, cropped, logscale) Image details as above |
CCD Image (100% size, cropped, logscale, unsharp masked Image details as above |
M77 with SN 2018ivc - Earlier Image,
2018-12-04 (T+10.8d) Image below (2018-12-04.842) was taken 10.8 days after discovery of SN 2018ivc SN is just visible in image below (shown by white cross-hairs) |
Annotated CCD Image (100% size, cropped, logscale) 180s exposure (single frame), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2018-12-04 20:12 UT ( 640059) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME |
Images of SN 2018ivc (M77) on Supernovae 2018 Page >> |
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NGC 41 and NGC 42 / UGC 118 (Pegasus) NGC 41 (catalog mag + 13.9) , NGC 42 (catalog mag +14.3 ) |
Annotated CCD Image (50% size) 4 x 180 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-01-02 23:20 UT (#647239-43) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2 |
NGC 41 - Detail NGC 41 (catalog mag + 13.9) |
CCD Image (150% size, cropped) Image details as above |
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NGC 1048 (Cetus) Part of NGC 1052 Galaxy Group / Astronomy Now Challenge Object, Nov 2018 |
CCD Image (50% size) 4 x 180 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-01-02 20:36 UT (#647112-15) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2 |
NGC 1048 - Detail a) NGC 1048A / PGC 10137 (catalog mag +15.4) b) NGC 1048B / PGC 10140 (catalog mag +15.4) |
Annotated CCD Image (100% size, cropped) Image details as above |
NGC 1048 - Earlier Image (2018-10-21) Image affected by moonlight |
Annotated CCD Image (100% size, cropped) 5 x 180 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2018-10-21 00:44 UT (#632282-86) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2 |
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NGC 3628 (Leo) (cf. Image on p129. Ast Now, Aug 2017) Alias: Hidden Treasures 58 [ Hidden Treasures ] |
CCD Image (50% size,linear scale) 4 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-01-03 03:58 UT (#647416-20) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2 |
NGC 3628 - Detail |
CCD Image (50% size, square root scale) Image details as above |
NGC 3628 - Earlier Image (2018-12-04) |
CCD Image (50% size) 5 x 60s exposure (summed combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 004-03-21 22:59 UT (#63110-14) 8" LX200 classic + ST-7E |
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NGC 4858 & NGC 4860 (Coma Berenices) Bright Star is HIP 63405 (magnitude +7.2) |
CCD Image (50% size, square root scale) 5 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-01-03 00:17 UT (#647284-88) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2 |
NGC 4858 & NGC 4860 - Detail NGC 4858, spiral galaxy (catalog mag +15.2), NGC 4860, elliptical galaxy (catalog mag +13.5) (cf Hubble Image of NGC 4858 & 4860 ) |
CCD Image (250% size, square root scaling) Mirrored & flipped to correspond with Hubble Image below Image details as above |
Hubble Image (reduced) 2018-09-17 06:00 Hubble Image of NGC 4858 & 4860 |
NGC 4858, NGC 4860 & adjacent galaxies - Detail NGC 4858 (catalog mag +15.2), NGC 4860 (catalog mag +13.5) NGC 4865 (+13.6), IC 3943 (+14.7), PGC 44560 (+15.8) PGC 44616 (+15.9), PGC 44511 (+16.5), PGC 44602 (+16.6) PGC 44466 (+16.6), PGC 83727 (+16.6), PGC 44634 (+16.7) PGC 44593 (+16.8), PGC 44609 (+16.9), PGC 44574 (17.1) PGC 93696 (+17.7), PGC 93697 (+17.8), PGC 126790 (+18.2), PGC 126786 (18.4), PGC 44542 (+18.7) |
Annotated CCD Image (70% size) Image details as above |
Negative CCD Image (70% size) Image details as above |
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SN 2018kag (Hydra) SN2018kag, discovered 2018/12/17.070 by All Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae (ASAS-SN) in anonymous galaxy (Supernova Type II) ( Rochester Site | Discovery Image ) Supernova is shown in the image below by white cross-hairs. Image (2019-01-03.025) was taken 17.0 days after discovery |
Annotated CCD Image (50% size) 120s exposure (single frame), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-01-03 00:36 UT (#647303) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2 |
SN 2018kag - Detail Estimated Magnitude +16.6 (The bright star below the SN is GSC 217:424 , mag +10.7) |
Annotated CCD Image (100% size, cropped) Image details as above |
Annotated Negative CCD Image (200% size, cropped) Image details as above |
Images of SN 2018kag (anonymous galaxy) on Supernovae 2018 Page >> |
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UGC 118 (NGC 42) & PGC 212483 with SN 2019B (Pegasus) SN 2019B (Type II, z=0.021) discovered 2019/01/01.250 by All Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae (ASAS-SN) (Rochester Supernova site | Discovery Image ) |
UGC 118 / NGC 42 (Pegasus) NGC 42 (catalog mag +14.3 ) |
Annotated CCD Image (50% size) 4 x 180 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-01-02 23:20 UT (#647239-43) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2 |
UGC 118 & PGC 212483 with SN 2019B - Close-up, 2019-01-02
(T+1.7d) Image (2019-01-02.972) was taken 1.7 days after SN 2019B discovery SN is shown in the image below by white cross-hairs. |
Annotated CCD Image (150% size, cropped) Image details as above |
UGC 118 / NGC 42 & PGC 212483 with SN 2019B - Detail The Rochester site implies that SN might be associated with UGC 118, but another possibility is that it is associated with the closer lying PGC 212483 which has a smaller offset. |
Annotated Negative CCD Image (100% size, cropped) Image details as above |
Images of SN 2019B (UGC 118 & PGC 212483) on Supernovae 2019 Page >> |
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