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C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)  - Comet     CM Tau - Pulsar (Crab Pulsar)     Basel 1 - Open Cluster Graff 1 - Open Cluster     Variable Stars (photometric monitoring)   - U And, Z And, AM CVn, SY Cnc, R CrB, CI Cyg, S Cyg, SS Cyg, U Gem, AM Her, BL Lac, CY Lyr, U Mon, CN Ori, FO Ori, FU Ori, NV Ori, GK Per, FG Sge, SU Tau, ER UMa     Nearby Stars (astrometric monitoring)  - HH And, Barnards Star, DX Cnc, Groombridge 34, LAMOST HVS1, Scholz's Star

- All night session (10.1 hours total). - Main aims of the session was to  acquire images of a selection of deep sky and comet objects     - 12" LX200 + ST-10XME for imaging - TS 80mm APO + ZWO ASI178MC for guiding & imaging - Ambient Temperature:  -1°C (min) (Dew heaters on auto) - CCD Temperature:  -20/-25°C  (66%/69% av. power) - Notes from 2020-03-08 >>

C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)  - Comet

C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) - 2020-03-09 (passing through Ursa Major) Sun Distance 1.87 AU Earth Distance 1.16 AU (173.1 million km)		C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)  - 2020-03-09, Detail Autoguided on offset star using PHD2 with Lock Shift set at the comet's rate of motion (Ra -186.09 arcsec/hr, Dec 74.23 arcsec/hr)
CCD Image (50% size, square root scale) 2 x 60s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-03-09 02:34 UT (#760216-17) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2		CCD Image (100% size, log scale, cropped) 7 x 60s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-03-09 02:37 UT (#760216-22) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
Images of C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) on Comets 2020 Page >>

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CM Tau - Pulsar (Crab Pulsar)

M1 with CM Tau (Taurus)

CCD Image (70% size) 5 x 60s exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2020-03-08 21:43 UT (#760097-106) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

CM Tau - Detail (2020-03-08)

Annotated CCD Image (150% size, linear scale, cropped) Image details as above

CM Tau / Crab Pulsar - Earlier Image (2019-12-01)

Annotated CCD Image (150% size, linear scale, cropped) 9 x 60s exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, Xo Filter 2019-12-01 20:01 UT (#725007-18) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

CM Tau / Crab Pulsar - Earlier Image (2019-11-19)

Annotated CCD Image (150% size, linear scale, cropped) 6 x 60s exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, Half-Frame, Xo Filter 2019-11-19 03:42 UT (#723527-38) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

CM Tau / Crab Pulsar - Earlier Image (2009)

Annotated CCD Image  (Linear Scale, 100% size, cropped) 20 x 30 sec (average combine), 1x1 binning, C Filter 2009-09-20 03:51 h UT  (#389584-61) 12" LX200R  (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME

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Basel 1 - Open Cluster

Basel 1 (Scutum) SAC Basel 1, Saguaro Astronomy Club Database

CCD Image (70% size, linear scale) 6 x 30s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-03-09 04:24 UT (#760314-22) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

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Graff 1 - Open Cluster

Graff 1 (Serpens) SAC Graff 1, Saguaro Astronomy Club Database It 's unclear exactly where the the center of Graff 1 star clustering is. May be it lies in lower left of image centre

CCD Image (70% size, linear scale) 5 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-03-09 03:47 UT (#760278-84) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

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