David's Astronomy Pages
Images - Session 665 (2019-02-20)

Objects Session Notes
Bullet C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto) - Comet
   
Bullet LBV2019abn - LBV in M51
   
Bullet M51 - Spiral Galaxy (Whirlpool Galaxy)
   
Bullet Photometric Monitoring - Variables
  - TV Cas, RZ LMi, RR Leo, ER UMa
   
Bullet Astrometric Monitoring - Nearby Stars
 - None
    
   
- Evening - Night Session,  Duration 8.2hr

Session operated in fully automated mode, but monitored in part over a remote connection. 

Sky conditions  moderate (bright sky due to moon)  Significant dew midway into session

- Main aim of the session was to acquire some light curve data for several variables over the course of a few hours with aim of detecting variation associated with eclipsing binary stars , RR Lyr stars and dwarf nova, and acquire images of new comet C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto)
   
- 12" LX200 + ST-10XME for imaging
- TS 80mm APO + ZWO ASI178MC for guiding & imaging
- Ambient Temperature:  4°C (minimum), 9.5°C (maximum)
- CCD Temperature:  -15 / 69% av. power)
- Notes from 2019-02-20 >>
    
   

C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto) - Comet

C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto)
 (passing through Gemini)
Sun Distance 1.30 AU
Earth Distance 0.44 AU (65.3 million km)
  C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto) - Detail


 
Image    Image
CCD Image (50% size)
30s exposure (single frame), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-02-20 22:53 UT (#665138)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
  CCD Image (100% size,cropped)
Image details as above


 
     
Stacked Frames Aligned on comet 
(stars appear trailed)
   
Image    Image
CCD Image (50% size, log scale)
7 x 30s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
Aligned on comet
2019-02-20 22:53 UT (#665137-43)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
  CCD Image (100% size, log scale, cropped)
Image details as above 



      
    More Images of C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto)    

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LBV2019abn - LBV in M51

LBV2019abn in M51 (Canes Venatici)
LBV 2019abn discovered 2019/01/22.555 by ATLAS
( See LBV 2019abn images sub-page on Rochester Supernova site )

Image below (2019-02-20.990) was taken 29.4 days after discovery

LBV's are massive unstable supergiant stare, also known as S Doradus variables>
P Cygni is an example of LBV from our own galaxy
Image
Annotated CCD Image (50% size, linear scale, cropped)
5 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-02-20 23:45 UT (#665168-72)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
 
LBV 2019abn - Detail
Image
Annotated CCD Image (100% size, linear scale, cropped)
Image details as above
 
M51 Detail - Earlier Image (2008)
No sign of any object at the position of the later LBV
Image
CCD Image (184% size, linear scale, cropped)
5 x 180s exposure (av. combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2008-02-27 23:59 UT (#270263-69)
8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E
 
Images of LBV 2019abn (M51) on LBV Transients Page >>

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M51 - Spiral Galaxy (Whirlpool Galaxy)

M51 (Canes Venatici)
Image   Image
CCD Image (100% size, linear scale, cropped)
5 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-02-20 23:45 UT (#665168-72)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
  CCD Image (100% size, logscale, cropped)
Image details as left


 
 

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