David's Astronomy Pages
CCD Images - Session 714 (2019-10-24)

Objects Session Notes
Bullet C/2017 T2 (PanStarrs) - Comet
Bullet C/2018 N2 (ASASSN) - Comet
   
Bullet LAMOST-HVS1 - Hyperveolocity (HV) Star
Bullet Schloz's Star - Hypervelocity Star
   
Bullet NGC 518 - Spiral Galaxy (LGG 23 Group Member)
Bullet NGC 2421 - Open Cluster (H VII-67)
Bullet NGC 2506 - Open Cluster (Caldwell 54)
Bullet NGC 2548 - Open Cluster (H VI-22)
Bullet NGC 3044 - Spiral Galaxy
Bullet NGC 3245A - Spiral Galaxy
   
Bullet Variable Stars (photometric monitoring)
  - RX And, Z And, TT ARi, SY Cnc, RZ LMi, BL Lac, U Mon, CN Ori, FO Ori, FU Ori, NV Ori, DY Per, GK Per, ER UMa

- U And, SS Cyg attempts failed due to cloud

   
Bullet Nearby Stars (astrometric monitoring)
 - HH And, DX Cnc, 61 Cyg, Groombridge 34, Teegardens Star.

- 61 Cyg attempt failed due to cloud
  
   
- Full night session (9.8 hours)

Session operated with remote monitoring for first 3 hours. 

- Main aim of the session was to test automated SharpCap imaging capture and integration with AstroMain /PHD2 and acquire selection of targets
   
- 12" LX200 + ST-10XME for imaging
- TS 80mm APO + ZWO ASI178MC for guiding & imaging
- Ambient Temperature:  1°C (min)
(Dew heaters on new automated control)
- CCD Temperature:  -20°C  (61% av. power)
- Notes from 2019-10-24 >>
    
   

C/2017 T2 (PanStarrs) - Comet

C/2017 T2 (PanStarrs) - 2019-10-24
(passing through Auriga)
Sun Distance 2.93 AU
Earth Distance 2.24 AU (335.4 million km)
   C/2017 T2 (PanStarrs) - 2019-10-24, Detail
Autoguided on an offset star using PHD2 with
Lock Shift set at the comet's rate of motion
(Ra -9.81  arcsec/hr, Dec 42.93  arcsec/hr)
Image   Image
CCD Image (50% size, square root scale)
3 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-10-24 20:24 UT (#714061-63)
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)
8 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-10-24 20:25 UT (#714060-67)
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 N2 (ASASSN)  - Comet

C/2018 N2 (ASASSN) - 2019-10-26
(passing through Andromeda)
Sun Distance 3.13 AU
Earth Distance 2.22 AU (332.5 million km)

Small galaxy on right hand edge of comet tail is
PGC 2101673 (catalog mag +16.9)
Image
Negative CCD Image (50% size, square root scale)
3 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-10-26 21:36 UT (#716079-81)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
 


C/2018 N2 (ASASSN)
(passing through Andromeda)

Sun Distance 3.13 AU
Earth Distance 2.22 AU (331.7 million km)
   C/2018 N2 (ASASSN)  - 2019-10-26, Detail
Autoguided on offset star using PHD2 with Lock Shift
set at the comet's rate of motion
(Ra -89.61 arcsec/hr, Dec 21.25 arcsec/hr)
Image
  Image
CCD Image (50% size, square root scale)
3 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-10-24 19:59 UT (#714030-32)
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)
6 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-10-26 21:35 UT (#716074-82)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
     
Images of C/2018 N2 (ASASSN) on Comets 2019 Page >>    

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LAMOST-HVS1 - Hyperveolocity (HV) Star

LAMOST-HVS1 is the first hypervelocity star (HVS) discovered from the LAMOST spectroscopic survey (Zheng et al, 2014, see report ) .  It is a B-type star with a heliocentric radial velocity about 620 km/s, which projects to a Galactocentric radial velocity component of ~477 km/s. With a heliocentric distance of ~13 kpc and an apparent magnitude of ~13 mag, it is the nearest bright HVS currently known. With a mass of ~9Msun, it is one of the three most massive HVSs discovered so far. The star is clustered  (taken from report abstract )

LAMOST-HVS1 (Cancer)
Image
Annotated CCD Image (70% size)
4 x 20s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-10-25 05:19 UT (#714403-09)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
   
LAMOST-HVS1 - Earlier Image (2019-01-03)
Image
Annotated CCD Image (70% size)
6 x 20s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-01-03 03:42 UT (#647407-13)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
   
LAMOST-HVS1 - Earlier Image (2018-12-04)
Position of HVS1 star confirmed using Simbad & Aladin 10 Desktop
 https://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/AladinDesktop/
(
Catalogue Magnitude +12.98 (B) )
Image
Annotated CCD Image (50% size)
3 x 20s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2018-12-04 00:03 UT (#639025-31)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
   
  LAMOST-HVS1 - Earlier Detail (2018-12-04)
Image
Annotated CCD Image (100% size, cropped)
Image details as above

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Schloz's Star - Hypervelocity Star

Schloz's Star (Monoceros) 
Star is highlighted by white cross-hairs.
(Image suffers from Poor Focus and/or Poor Seeing)
Image
Annotated CCD Image (150% size, cropped)
7 x 120s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-10-25 04:12 UT (#714356-62)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
 
Schloz's Star - Earlier Image (2019-01-02)
 Image
Annotated CCD Image (150% size, cropped)
120 sec exposure (single exposure), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-01-02 23:51 UT (#647257)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
 
Schloz's Star - Reference Picture
(generated using Aladin)
 Image
 

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NGC 518 - Spiral Galaxy (LGG 23 Group Member)

NGC 518 (Pisces)
NGC 524 / LGG 23 Group Member .
Ast. Now Deep Sky Challenge, Nov 2019
Image
CCD Image (50% size, square root scale)
5 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-10-24 22:13 UT (#714109-13)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
 
NGC 518 - Detail
Image
CCD Image (100% size, square root scale, cropped)
Image details as above
 

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NGC 2421 - Open Cluster (H VII-67)

NGC 2421 / H VII-67 (Puppis)
Image
CCD Image (70% size, linear scale)
6 x 30s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-10-25 05:08 UT (#714393-99)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
 

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NGC 2506 - Open Cluster (Caldwell 54)

NGC 2506 \ H VI-37 (Monoceros)
Image
CCD Image (70% size, linear scale)
7 x 60s exposure (median combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-10-25 03:54 UT (#714347-53)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
 
NGC 2506 - Earlier Image (2019-10-23)
Image
CCD Image (70% size, square root scale)
3 x 60s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-10-23 05:28 UT (#713316-18)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
 
NGC 2506 - Earlier Image (2010)
Image
CCD Image (75% size, linear scale)
3 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2010-03-09 20:26 hUT (#416110-12)
12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME
 

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NGC 2548 - Open Cluster (H VI-22)

NGC 2548 \ H VI-22 (Hydra)
Image
CCD Image (70% size, linear scale)
6 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-10-25 04:27 UT (#714365-71)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
 

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NGC 3044 - Spiral Galaxy

NGC 3044 (Sextans)
Alias: UGC 5311
Flat Galaxy Atlas Object
Ast. Now Deep-Sky Challenge Object, Mar 2024
 [ Flat Galaxies ] [ Deep Sky Challanges (Ast.Now) ]
Image
CCD Image (50% size, square root scale)
5 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-10-25 04:42 UT (#714374-78)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
 
NGC 3044 - Detail
Image
CCD Image (100% size, square root scale, cropped)
Image details as above
 

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NGC 3245A - Spiral Galaxy

NGC 3245A (Leo Minor)
Flat Galaxy Atlas
Image
CCD Image (50% size, linear scale)
5 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2019-10-25 02:05 UT (#714259-63)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
 
NGC 3245A - Detail
Image
CCD Image (100% size, linear scale, cropped)
Image details as above
 

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