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CCD Images - Session 707 (2019-10-07)

Objects Session Notes
Bullet C/2017 T2 (PanStarrs) - Comet
Bullet C/2018 W2 (Africano) - Comet
   
Bullet IC 2098 - Spiral Galaxy
Bullet IC 2207 - Spiral Galaxy
Bullet IC 2461 - Spiral Galaxy
   
Bullet NGC 3068 - Spiral Galaxy (ARP 174)
   
Bullet PGC 11392 - Spiral Galaxy
   
Bullet UGC 2614 - Spiral Galaxy with Type Ia Supernova 2019pxo
   
Bullet Variable Stars (photometric monitoring)
  - RX And, U And, CY Aqr, TT ARi, TV Cas, YZ Cnc, S Cyg, U Gem, BL Lac, RR Leo, FO Ori, NV Ori, DY Per, GK Per, WZ Sge, CM Tau, RR Tau

   
Bullet Nearby Stars (astrometric monitoring)
 - HH And, LAMOST-HVS1, Scholz's Star, Teegardens Star
    
   
- Night session (6.9 hours)

Session operated in fully automated mode with  monitoring during the first 2 hours

- Main aim of the session was to take images of selected comets & deep sky targets and to checkout bug fixes to AstroMain / AstroGuard, and use observatory in 'RainTrim' mode for first time.
   
- 12" LX200 + ST-10XME for imaging
- TS 80mm APO + ZWO ASI178MC for guiding & imaging
- Ambient Temperature:  9.0°C (min) before climbing later to 8°C
Outdoors 8.5°C (min)
(Dew heaters on automated)
- CCD Temperature:  -15°C  (70% av. power)
- Notes from 2019-10-07 >>
    
   

C/2017 T2 (PanStarrs) - Comet

C/2017 T2 (PanStarrs)
(passing through Auriga)
Sun Distance 3.09 AU
Earth Distance 2.61 AU (391.1 million km)
   C/2017 T2 (PanStarrs) - Detail
Frames aligned on comet
Image   Image
CCD Image (50% size, linear scale)
2 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-10-08 02:35 UT (#707194-95)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
  CCD Image (100% size, square root scale, cropped)
7 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-10-08 02:35 UT (#707194-201)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
       
Images of C/2017 T2 (PanStarrs) on Comets 2019 Page    

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C/2018 W2 (Africano) - Comet

C/2018 W2 (Africano)
(passing through Aquarius)
Sun Distance 1.53 AU
Earth Distance 0.60 AU (90.2 million km)
   C/2018 W2 (Africano) - Detail
Frames guided using Lock Shift
(stars appear trailed due to movement of comet
image badly affected by cloud / poor sky transparency
Image   Image
CCD Image (50% size, linear scale)
9 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-10-07 23:23 UT (#707020-28)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
CCD Image (50% size, square root scale, cropped)
Images details as left


       
Images of C/2018 W2 (Africano) on Comets 2019 Page >>     

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IC 2098 - Spiral Galaxy

 IC 2098 (Eridanus)
Flat Galaxy Atlas Object
Image
CCD Image (50% size, linear scale)
4 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-10-08 03:04 UT (#707215-18)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
   
IC 2098 - Detail
Image
 CCD Image (100% size, linear scale, cropped)
Image details as above
   

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IC 2207 - Spiral Galaxy

IC 2207 (Gemini)
Flat Galaxy Atlas Object
Image
CCD Image (50% scale, linear scale)
5 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-10-08 03:28 UT (#707222-26)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
 
IC 2207 - Detail
Image
CCD Image (100% scale, linear scale, cropped)
Image details as above
 
IC 2207 - Earlier Detail (2016)
Image
CCD Image (100% scale, cropped)
4 x 60s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2016-02-19 02:21h UT (#597247-52)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME

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IC 2461 - Spiral Galaxy

IC 2461 (Lynx)
Flat Galaxy Atlas Object
Image
CCD Image (50% scale, linear scale)
5 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-10-08 04:10 UT (#707247-51)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
 
IC 2461 - Detail
Image
CCD Image (100% scale, linear scale, cropped)
Image details as above
 

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NGC 3068 - Spiral Galaxy (ARP 174)

NGC 3068 / ARP 174 (Leo)
Image
Annotated CCD Image (50% scale, square root scale)
4 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-10-08 04:29 UT (#707254-57)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
 
NGC 3068 / ARP 174 - Detail
Image
Annotated CCD Image 
(100% scale, square root scale, cropped)
Image details as above
 
ARP 174 - No sign of narrow counter-tails
Image
Negative CCD Image 
(100% scale, square root scale, cropped)
Image details as above
 

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 PGC 11392 - Spiral Galaxy

 PGC 11392 (Perseus)
 PGC 11392 (catalog mag +15.3 ), PGC 213140 (catalog mag +16.8)
Image
Annotated CCD Image (100% size, linear scale, cropped)
15 x 30s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-10-08 01:44 UT (#707144-58)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
   
PGC 11392 - Detail
Image
Negative CCD Image (100% size, linear scale, cropped)
Image details as above
   

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UGC 2614 - Spiral Galaxy with Type Ia Supernova 2019pxo

 UGC 2614 with SN 2019pxo (Perseus)
SN 2019pxo (Type Ia, z=0.017519), discovered 2019/09/10.546 by ATLAS
Alias :  ATLAS19uve
Discovery Magnitude 16.21 (orange-ATLAS Filter)
vs Prior Non-Detection Limiting Magnitude 19.65
( TNS 2019pxo )
 
UGC 2614 with SN 2019pxo - 2019-10-08 (T+27.5d)
Image below (2019-10-08.058) was taken 27.5 days after discovery of 2019pxo
Image
CCD Image (100% size, square root scale, cropped)
5 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-10-08 01:24 UT (#707136-40)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
   
   Images of SN 2019pxo (in UGC 2614) on Supernova 2019 Page >>

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