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CCD Images - Session 692 (2019-09-11)

Objects Session Notes
Bullet C/2018 W2 (Africano) - Comet
   
Bullet NGC 6539 - Globular Cluster
   
  Attempted imaging of Koposov 2 failed due to incorrect coords (database has been fixed since)
   
Bullet Variable Stars (photometric monitoring)
  - RX And, U And, Z And, CY Cyg, SS Cyg, BL Lac, CY Lyr, FO Ori, FG Sge, RR Tau
   
Bullet 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) - Comet

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)
Image   Image
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
      
    More Images of C/2018 W2 (Africano)    

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NGC 6539 - Globular Cluster

NGC 6539 (Serpens)
Image
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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