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C/2018 W2 (Africano) - Comet NGC 6539 - Globular Cluster Attempted imaging of Koposov 2 failed due to incorrect coords (database has been fixed since) Variable Stars (photometric monitoring) - RX And, U And, Z And, CY Cyg, SS Cyg, BL Lac, CY Lyr, FO Ori, FG Sge, RR Tau Nearby Stars (astrometric monitoring) - HH And, Barnards Star, 61 Cyg, EV Lac
- Full night session (6.6 hours)
Session operated in fully automated mode with some interventions & monitoring during the first half of the session
- Main aim of the session was to aquire images of a range of deep sky targets and one or two comets
Conditions relatively good, but interruptions due to cloud later in session. Bright sky , moon at 95% phase- 12" LX200 + ST-10XME for imaging - TS 80mm APO + ZWO ASI178MC for guiding & imaging - Ambient Temperature: Falling to 10°C (min).
Outdoors 9°C (min)
(Dew heaters on manual, 45%)- CCD Temperature: -10°/-15°C (65 / 75% av. power) - Notes from 2019-09-11 >>
C/2018 W2 (Africano) (passing through Andromeda) Sun Distance 1.46 AU Earth Distance 0.68 AU (102.0 million km) |
C/2018 W2 (Africano) - Detail Frames aligned on comet (stars appear trailed due to movement of comet and somewhat bloated due to an image quality issue) |
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CCD Image (50% size) 2 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-09-11 22:26 UT (#692102-03) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2 |
CCD Image (100% size, log scale, cropped) 9 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-09-11 22:26 UT (#692099-107) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2 |
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NGC 6539 (Serpens) |
CCD Image (50% size, square root scale) 5 x 30s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-09-11 21:49 UT (#692062-68) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2 |
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