David's Astronomy Pages CCD Images - Session 697 (2019-09-20)

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ARP 66 - Spiral Galaxy (UGC 10396)     IC 1197 - Spiral Galaxy     Koposov 2 - Globular Cluster (Attempt)     NGC 2355 - Open Cluster (H VI-6) NGC 2357 - Spiral Galaxy NGC 2419 - Globular Cluster ("Intergalactic Wanderer") NGC 2820 - Spiral Galaxy NGC 5473 - Elliptical Galaxy (H I-231) NGC 5526 - Spiral Galaxy NGC 5631 - Spiral Galaxy (H I-236) NGC 7686 - Open Cluster (H VIII-69)     Variable Stars (photometric monitoring)   - CI Cyg, SS Her, U Her, FG Sge, V Sge, WZ Sge, RR Tau     Nearby Stars (astrometric monitoring)  - EV Lac

- Night session (7.8 hours) Session operated in fully automated mode with some  monitoring during the first part of the session - Main aim of the session was to aquire images of a selection of deep sky objects and to test new Centering Chart product     - 12" LX200 + ST-10XME for imaging - TS 80mm APO + ZWO ASI178MC for guiding & imaging - Ambient Temperature:  Falling  to12°C (min). Outdoors 11°C (min) (Dew heaters on automated) - CCD Temperature:  -10°C  (68% av. power) - Notes from 2019-09-20 >>

ARP 66 - Spiral Galaxy (UGC 10396)

ARP 66 / UGC 10396 (Draco) ARP 66 : UGC 10396 spiral with HSB companion on arm (catalog mag +15.2) Adjacent galaxies  PGC 214498 (catalog +18.1) &  PGC 214497 (very faint)

CCD Image (100% size, square root scale, cropped) 3 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-09-20 20:24 UT (#697033-37) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

ARP 66 - Detail

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

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

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IC 1197 - Spiral Galaxy

IC 1197 (Serpens) Flat Galaxy Atlas Object

CCD Image (50% size) 2 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-09-20 20:01 UT (#697026-29) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

IC 1197 - Detail

CCD Image (100% size, linear scale, cropped) Image details as above

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Koposov 2 - Globular Cluster (Attempt)

Koposov 2 (Gemini) Discovered 2007 by Koposov No sign of the Glob.Cluster in image below. (position of the cluster is marked by circle)

Annotated CCD Image (50% size, linear scale) 7 x 120s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-09-21 02:14 UT (#697216-22) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

Koposov 2 (attempt) - Detail

CCD Image (100% size, linear scale, cropped) Image details as above

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NGC 2355 - Open Cluster (H VI-6)

NGC 2355 \ H VI-6 (Gemini)

CCD Image (70% size) 3 x 30s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-09-21 02:38 UT (#697225-31) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

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NGC 2357 - Spiral Galaxy

NGC 2357 (Gemini) Flat Galaxy Atlas Object

Annotated CCD Image (50% size, linear scale) 8 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-09-21 01:29 UT (#697203-11) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

NGC 2357 - Detail

CCD Image (100% size, linear scale, cropped) Image details as above

NGC 2357 - Earlier Image (2010) IC 2458 (catalog mag +14.5)

CCD Image (linear scale, cropped) 90s exposure (single frame), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2010-05-07 22:03 hUT (#420029) 12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

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NGC 2419 - Globular Cluster  ("Intergalactic Wanderer")

NGC 2419 (Lynx) (adjacent bright star is mag +7.2 star SAO 60232) NB. Image lacks the resolution and sharpness of the earlier 2011 image

CCD Image (50% size) 6 x 30s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-09-21 00:39 UT (#697184-90) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

NGC 2419 - Earlier Image (2011)

CCD Image (cropped) 5 x 30s sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2011-01-29 21:14 h UT (#451119-23) 12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

NGC 2419 - Earlier Detail (2011)

CCD Image (100% size, cropped) Image details as above

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NGC 2820 - Spiral Galaxy

NGC 2820 (Ursa Major) Flat Galaxy Atlas Object

CCD Image (50% size, linear scale) 5 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-09-21 00:57 UT (#697195-99) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

NGC 2820 & Adjacent Galaxies - Earlier Image (2019-09-02)  NGC 2820 (catalog mag +13.3),  NGC 2814 (catalog mag +14.3), IC 2458 (catalog mag +14.5)

CCD Image (100% size, linear scale, cropped) Image details as above

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NGC 5473 - Elliptical Galaxy (H I-231)

NGC 5473 \ H I-231 (Ursa Major)

CCD Image (50% size, log scale) 7 x 120s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-09-20 22:16 UT (#697060-66) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

NGC 5473 \ H I-231 - Detail

CCD Image (100% size, log scale, cropped) Image details as above

NGC 5473 \ H I-231 - Earlier Image (2019-09-06) Image effected by wind shake / poor seeing

CCD Image (50% size, log scale) 6 x 120s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-09-06 21:45 UT (#690028-33) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

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NGC 5526 - Spiral Galaxy

NGC 5526 (Ursa Major) Flat Galaxy Atlas Object

CCD Image (50% size, square root scale) 5 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-09-20 22:34 UT (#697069-73) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

NGC 5526 - Detail

CCD Image (100% size, square root  scale, cropped) Image details as above

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NGC 5631 - Spiral Galaxy (H I-236)

NGC 5631 / H I-236 (Ursa Major)

CCD Image (100% size, log scale, cropped) 7 x 120s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-09-20 22:54 UT (#697077-83) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

NGC 5631 - Earlier Image Whilst NGC 5631 is catalogued as a spiral galaxy it looks more like an elliptical galaxy to me.

CCD Image (100% size, log scale, cropped) 4 x 120s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-09-02 00:16 UT (#688165-68) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

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NGC 7686 - Open Cluster (H VIII-69)

NGC 7686 \ H VIII-69 (Andromeda)

CCD Image (70% size) 5 x 30s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2019-09-20 23:09 UT (#697086-92) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

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