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CCD Images - Session 698 (2019-09-21)

Objects Session Notes
Bullet ARP 104 - Galaxies (NGC 5216 & 5218)
Bullet ARP 239 - Galaxies (NGC 5278 & 5279)
   
Bullet NGC 5693 - Spiral Galaxy (LCG 384 Member)
   
Bullet Variable Stars (photometric monitoring)
  - R CrB CI Cyg, SS Her, U Her, FO Ori, FG Sge, V Sge, WZ Sge
   
Bullet Nearby Stars (astrometric monitoring)
 - EV Lac

    
   
- Night session (6.6 hours)

Session operated in fully automated mode with some  monitoring during the first part of the session

- Main aim of the session was to test stability of AstroMain program after adding features and acquire to some images if possible. Conditons were forecast to be marginal.
   
- 12" LX200 + ST-10XME for imaging
- TS 80mm APO + ZWO ASI178MC for guiding & imaging
- Ambient Temperature:  Falling  to 13°C (min).
Outdoors 12°C (min)
(Dew heaters on automated)
- CCD Temperature:  -10°C  (68% av. power)
- Notes from 2019-09-21 >>
    
   

ARP 104 - Galaxies (NGC 5216 & 5218)

ARP 104 (Ursa Major)
NGC 5216 and NGC 5218
Image
Annotated CCD Image (50% size, square root scale)
5 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-09-21 20:57 UT (#698068-72)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
   
ARP 104 - Detail
NGC 5216 (catalog mag +12.6) and NGC 5218 (catalog mag +13.2)
Image
Annotated CCD Image (70% size, log scale, cropped)
Image details as above
   
ARP 104 - Detail
Elliptical (NGC 5216) connected to Spiral (NGC 5218)
    Image
Negative CCD Image (70% size, log scale, cropped)
Image details as above
   
NGC 5218 - Detail
Image
Annotated CCD Image (100% size, log scale, cropped)
Image details as above
   

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ARP 239 - Galaxies (NGC 5278 & 5279)

ARP 239 (Ursa Major)
NGC 5278 (catalog mag +14.3) and NGC 5279 (catalog mag +15.5)
with adjacent galaxies UGC 8671 (catalog mag + 15.4 )
and  PGC 48439 (catalog mag +16.4)
Bright star is HIP 66893 (mag +6.9)
Image
Annotated CCD Image (50% size, square root scale)
5 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-09-21 20:14 UT (#698036-40)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
   
ARP 239 - Detail
NGC 5278 (catalog mag +14.3)
NGC 5279 (catalog mag +15.5)
Image
Annotated CCD Image (200% size, square root scale, cropped)
Image details as above
   
    Image
Negative CCD Image (200% size, square root scale, cropped)
Image details as above
   

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NGC 5693 - Spiral Galaxy (LCG 384 Member)

NGC 5693 (Bootes)
Part of LGG 384 Galaxy Group,
Associated with Ast. Now Challenge Object, May 2019
Image
CCD Image (50% size, linear scale)
4 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-09-21 21:19 UT (#698078-81)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
   
NGC 5693 - Detail
Image
CCD Image (100% size, linear scale, cropped)
Image details as above

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