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C/2018 W2 (Africano) - Comet     Du 1 - Planetary Nebula (attempt) K3-83 - Planetary Nebula (PLN 94- 0.1)     NGC 7209 - Open Cluster (H VII-53)     Variable Stars (photometric monitoring)   - RX And, U And, Z And, BL Lac     Nearby Stars (astrometric monitoring)  - HH And, 61 Cyg, Groombridge 34, EV Lac

- Post-midnght session,  Duration 2.3 hr Session operated in fully automated mode, with initial monitoring only. - Main aim of the session was general observing with mix of variable stars, nearby stars, comets and deep sky targets.      - 12" LX200 + ST-10XME for imaging - TS 80mm APO + ZWO ASI178MC for guiding & imaging - Ambient Temperature:  10.5°C falling to 8.5°C (min) in observatory (outdoors 1 to 1.5°C cooler,  Dew heaters on auto, ~ 90% power ) - CCD Temperature:  -15°C  (69% av. power) - Notes from 2019-08-20 >>

C/2018 W2 (Africano) - Comet

C/2018 W2 (Africano)   (passing through Camelopardalis) Sun Distance 1.47 AU Earth Distance 1.26 AU (188.3 million km)		C/2018 W2 (Africano) - Detail
CCD Image (50% size) 9 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-08-21 02:22 UT (#681086-94) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2		CCD Image (100% size, linear scale, cropped) Image details as left
C/2018 W2 (Africano) - Earlier Image (2019-08-09)  (passing through Camelopardalis) Sun Distance 1.51 AU Earth Distance 1.56 AU (233.5 million km)		C/2018 W2 (Africano) - Earlier Detail (2019-08-09)
CCD Image (50% size) 6 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-08-09 00:23 UT (#680143-49) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2		CCD Image (100% size, linear scale, cropped) Image details as left
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Du 1 - Planetary Nebula (attempt)

Du 1 (Cygnus) Ast. Now DeepSky Challenge Object, Sep 2012 Location of Du 1 is shown by white circle. (see image of K3-83)

Annotated CCD Image (50% size) 4 x 60s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-08-21 01:24 UT (#681035-38) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

Du 1  (attempt) - Detail No sign of the presumptive planetary nebula in this image (4 min total exposure time)

CCD Image (150% size, cropped) Image details as above

Negative CCD Image (150% size, cropped) Image details as above

Du 1  - reference image HaRGB Composite with 9 hour total exposure time http://www.capella-observatory.com/ImageHTMLs/PNs/Du1.htm Original image cropped and reduced to the same size as my b/w image above

HaRGB Composite image (cropped)  Skinakas Observatory, Crete, 2011 60 cm instrument + SBIG STX16803 Credit :  Josef Pöpsel & Stefan Binnewies (Germany) http://www.capella-observatory.com/

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K3-83 - Planetary Nebula (PLN 94- 0.1)

K3-83 /  PLN 94- 0.1 (Cygnus) Location of K3-83 is shown by white circle to right of Du-1 (see attempted image of Du-1 )

Annotated CCD Image (50% size) 4 x 60s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-08-21 01:24 UT (#681035-38) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

K3-83 /  PLN 94- 0.1 - Detail (4 min total exposure time)

CCD Image (150% size, cropped) Image details as above

Negative CCD Image (150% size, cropped) Image details as above

K3-83  - reference image K3-83 is the red object in centre of image HaRGB Composite with 9 hour total exposure time http://www.capella-observatory.com/ImageHTMLs/PNs/Du1.htm Original image cropped and reduced to the same size as my b/w image above

HaRGB Composite image (cropped)  Skinakas Observatory, Crete, 2011 60 cm instrument + SBIG STX16803 Credit :  Josef Pöpsel & Stefan Binnewies (Germany) http://www.capella-observatory.com/

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NGC 7209 - Open Cluster (H VII-53)

NGC 7209 / H VII-53 (Lacerta)

CCD Image (70% size) 4 x 30s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-08-21 01:05 UT (#681015-21) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

NGC 7209  - Earlier Image (2006)

3x3 CCD Mosaic (50% size) 60 sec exposure, 2x2 binning , C Filter 2006-09-02 23:42 h UT (#137046-57) 8" LX200 + ST-7E [ Full Size ]

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