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CCD Images - Session 769 (2020-04-18)

Objects Session Notes
Bullet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)  - Comet
   
Bullet IC 2677 - Spiral Galaxy, 1.51 Gly
Bullet IC 3389 - Elliptical Galaxy, 1.63 Gly
Bullet IC 4000 - Spiral Galaxy, 1.45 Gly
Bullet IC 4074 - Spiral Galaxy, 1.39 Gly
Bullet IC 4481 - Spiral Galaxy, 1.44 Gly
   
Bullet NGC 4448 - Spiral Galaxy (Herschel I-91)
   
Bullet PGC 40901 - Spiral Galaxy
   
Bullet UGC 7388 - Spiral Galaxy (PGC 39783)
Bullet UGC 8025 - Spiral Galaxy (PGC 43863)
   
Bullet Variable Stars (photometric monitoring)
  - R CrB, SS Her, U Her, CY Lyr
   
Bullet Nearby Stars (astrometric monitoring)
 - Barnards Star, CN Leo
 
  
   
- All night session (5.7 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: 5°C (min)
(Dew heaters on auto)
- CCD Temperature:  -20°C  (73% av. power)
- Notes from 2020-04-18 >>
    
   

C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)  - Comet

C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) - 2020-04-18
(passing through Camelopardalis)
Sun Distance 1.13 AU (approaching)
Earth Distance 0.98 AU (147.1 million km)
   C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)  - 2020-04-18, Detail
Autoguided on offset star using PHD2 with Lock Shift
set at the comet's rate of motion
(Ra -174.19 arcsec/hr, Dec -48.87 arcsec/hr)
Image   Image
CCD Image (50% size, square root scale)
2 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2020-04-18 23:41 UT (#769054-55)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
  CCD Image (100% size, log scale, cropped)
20 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2020-04-18 23:47 UT (#769047-71)
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 >>    


 C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) - 2020-04-18
Image
 CCD Image (100% size, square root scale, cropped)
2 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2020-04-18 23:41 UT (#769054-55)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
 
Image
 False Color CCD Image (50% size, log scale)
20 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2020-04-18 23:47 UT (#769047-71)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
 
 
 C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) - 2020-04-18
Indications of comet fragmentation
Image
CCD Image (100% size, linear scale, cropped)
Unsharp Masked (um4)
13 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2020-04-18 23:47 UT (#769054-70)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
 
Image
CCD Image (150% size, linear scale, cropped)
Unsharp Masked (um4)
Image details as above
 
 C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) - Earlier Image (2020-04-16)
Indications of comet fragmentation
Image
CCD Image (150% size, linear scale, cropped)
Unsharp Masked (um4)
25 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2020-04-16 21:29 UT (#768003-27)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
 

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IC 2677 - Spiral Galaxy, 1.51 Gly

IC 2677 (Leo)
Distant Galaxy.  Distance 1.51 Gyr, z=0.1167
Note: single frame only due to cloud,  target is to be rescheduled
Image
Annotated CCD Image (50% size, square root scale)
180s exposure (single frame), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2020-04-18 22:30 UT (#769033)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
 
IC 2677 - Detail
Image
Annotated CCD Image (150% size, square root scale, cropped)
Image details as above
 

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IC 3389 - Elliptical Galaxy, 1.63 Gly

IC 3389 (Coma Berenices)
Distant Galaxy.  Distance 1.63 Gyr, z=0.1267
 [ Distant Galaxies ]

Note: single frame captured only due to cloud, 
 target is to be rescheduled for a later session.
Image
Annotated CCD Image (50% size, square root scale)
180s exposure (single frame), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2020-04-18 23:02 UT (#769037)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
 
IC 3389 - Detail
Total exposure 3 min
Image
CCD Image (150% size, square root scale, cropped)
Image details as above
 
IC 3389 - Later Image (Jan 2021)
Total exposure 15 min
Image
CCD Image (150% size, square root scale, cropped)
5 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2021-01-18 04:04 UT (#851063-67)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
 

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IC 4000 - Spiral Galaxy, 1.45 Gly

IC 4000 (Canes Venatici)
Distant Galaxy.  Distance 1.45 Gyr, z=0.1112
Image
Annotated CCD Image (50% size, square root scale)
4 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2020-04-18 22:16 UT (#769026-29)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
 
IC 4000 - Detail
Image
CCD Image (150% size, square root scale, cropped)
Image details as above
 
Image
Negative CCD Image (150% size, square root scale, cropped)
Image details as above
 

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IC 4074 - Spiral Galaxy, 1.39 Gly

IC 4074 (Coma Berenices)
Distant Galaxy : Distance 1.39 Gyr, z=0.1069
Image
Annotated CCD Image (50% size, square root scale)
2 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2020-04-19 00:49 UT (#769089-91)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
 
IC 4074 - Detail
Image
CCD Image (150% size, square root scale, cropped)
Image details as above
 
Image
Negative CCD Image (150% size, square root scale, cropped)
Image details as above
 

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IC 4481 - Spiral Galaxy, 1.44 Gly

IC 4481 (Bootes)
Distant Galaxy: Distance 1.44 Gyr, z=0.1107)
IC 4481 (catalog mag +12.4)
with adjacent galaxies :  PGC 1501285 (catalog mag +17.2), 
PGC 1502500 (catalog mag +17.6),  PGC 1501050 (catalog mag +17.5)
Image
Annotated CCD Image (50% size, square root scale)
3 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2020-04-19 02:14 UT (#769114-18)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
 
IC 4481 - Detail
Image
CCD Image (100% size, log scale, cropped)
Image details as above
 
Image
Negative CCD Image (100% size, log scale, cropped)
Image details as above
 

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NGC 4448 - Spiral Galaxy (Herschel I-91)

NGC 4448 / H I-91 (Coma Berenices)
NGC 4448 (catalog mag +12.4)
with adjacent galaxies :
 PGC 1843133 (catalog mag +16.1),  PGC 40900 (catalog mag +16.1),
   PGC 40901 (catalog mag +16.9), 41014 (catalog mag +17.0),
PGC 1843743 (catalog mag +17.0), PGC 1843452 (catalog mag +17.9),
PGC 1839783 (catalog mag +19.0)
Image
Annotated CCD Image (50% size, square root scale)
4 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2020-04-19 00:29 UT (#769080-84)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
 
NGC 4448 / H I-91 - Detail
Image
CCD Image (100% size, log scale, cropped)
Image details as above
 
Image
Negative CCD Image (100% size, log scale, cropped)
Image details as above
 

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 PGC 40901 - Spiral Galaxy

 PGC 40901 (Coma Berenices)
PGC 40901 (catalog mag +16.9)
Image
Annotated CCD Image (50% size, square root scale)
4 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2020-04-19 00:29 UT (#769080-84)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
 
PGC 40901 - Detail
Image
CCD Image (125% size, log scale, cropped)
 Image details as above
 
Image
Negative CCD Image (125% size, log scale, cropped)
Image details as above
 

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UGC 7388 - Spiral Galaxy (PGC 39783)

UGC 7388 (Canes Venatici)
Ring Galaxy, J.Lowrey List
Alias: PGC 39783
Note: Single frame due to cloud & guiding issues
Image
CCD Image (100% size, linear scale, cropped)
180s exposure (single frame), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2020-04-19 00:03 UT (#769073)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
 
UGC 7388 - Earlier Image (2020-04-13)
Note: Single frame due to developing cloud.
Image
CCD Image (100% size, linear scale, cropped)
180s exposure (single frame), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2020-04-13 23:24 UT (#767050)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
 

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UGC 8025 - Spiral Galaxy (PGC 43863)

UGC 8025 / PGC 43863 (Coma Berenices)
Flat Galaxy Atlas
Image
Annotated CCD Image (50% size, square root scale)
3 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2020-04-18 23:19 UT (#769041-43)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
 
UGC 8025 - Detail
Image
CCD Image (100% size, square root scale, cropped)
Image details as above
 
Image
Negative CCD Image (100% size, square root scale, cropped)
Image details as above
 

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