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C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)  - Comet     Basel 12 - Open Cluster Berkeley 45 - Open Cluster Berkeley 47 - Open Cluster     NGC 7625 - Spiral Galaxy (ARP 212)     SHK 361 - Faint Galaxy Group (PGC 1538596 et al)     UGC 11435 - Spiral Galaxy (PGC 63166)     Variable Stars (photometric monitoring) - CI Cyg, S Cyg, SS Cyg, CY Lyr, FG Sge, V Sge     Nearby Stars (astrometric monitoring) - HH And, Barnards Star, 61 Cyg, Groombridge 34

- All Night Session (3.7 hours total).  - Main aim of the session was to acquire images of Comet Neowise and a selection of other targets .     - 12" LX200 + ST-10XME for imaging - TS 80mm APO + ZWO ASI178MC for guiding & imaging - Ambient Temperature: 8°C (min) - CCD Temperature:  -15°C  - Notes from 2020-07-26 >>

C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) - Comet

C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) - 2020-07-26 (passing through Ursa Major) Sun Distance 0.72 AU Earth Distance 0.71 AU (106.7 million km)		C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) - 2020-07-27, Detail Autoguided on offset star using PHD2 with Lock Shift set at the comet's rate of motion (Ra 538.21 arcsec/hr, Dec -297.33 arcsec/hr)
Annotated CCD Image (50% size, square root scale) 2 x 20s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-07-26 23:50 UT (#796088-89) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2		CCD Image (50% size, log scale, cropped) 43 x 20s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-07-27 00:01 UT (#796090-137) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
Images of C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) on Comets 2020 Page >>

C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) - False Colour, 2020-07-27

False Color CCD Image (50% size, log scale) 43 x 20s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-07-27 00:01 UT (#796090-137) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) - Negative, 2020-07-27

Negative CCD Image (50% size, log scale) 43 x 20s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-07-27 00:01 UT (#796090-137) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) - 2020-07-27

CCD Image (150% size, linear scale, cropped) 43 x 20s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-07-27 00:01 UT (#796090-137) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

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Basel 12 - Open Cluster

Basel 12 (Cygnus) SAC Basel 12,  Saguaro Astronomy Club Database

CCD Image (70% size, square root scale) 8 x 30s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-07-27 01:27 UT (#796172-80) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

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Berkeley 45 - Open Cluster

Berkeley 45 (Aquila) Berkeley Catalogue

CCD Image (70% size, square root scale) 6 x 30s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-07-26 22:39 UT (#796020-28) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

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Berkeley 47 - Open Cluster

Berkeley 47 (Sagitta) Berkeley Catalogue

CCD Image (70% size, square root scale) 6 x 30s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-07-26 22:49 UT (#796031-39) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

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NGC 7625 - Spiral Galaxy (ARP 212)

NGC 7625 / ARP 212 (Pegasus) Arp Perculiar Galaxy Bright star with blooming on left of image is HIP 115288 (mag +6.7)

CCD Image (50% size, square root scale) 180s exposure (single frame), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-07-27 01:10 UT (#796167) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

NGC 7625 / ARP 212 - detail

CCD Image (100% size, square root scale, cropped)  Image details as above

Negative image showing traces of the "narrow chaotic absorption tubes"  across one end" (bottom end) as mentioned in Arp's notes.

Negative CCD Image (150% size, square root scale, cropped)  Image details as above

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SHK 361 - Faint Galaxy Group (PGC 1538596 et al)

SHK 361 (Pegasus) Shakhbazian Group SHK 361 (PGC 1538596 et al) with adjacent galaxies PGC 1540666 (catalog mag +16.3), PGC 1540751 (catalog mag +17.3),  PGC 1540510  (catalog mag +17.3), PGC 1536639 (catalog mag +17.9), PGC 1536924 (catalog mag +18.4)

Annotated CCD Image (50% size, square root scale) 2 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-07-27 00:51 UT (#796160-63) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

SHK 361 - detail  PGC 1538596 (catalog mag +16.5), PGC 97459 (catalog mag +17.0) PGC 1539366 (catalog mag +17.4),  PGC 1539107 (catalog mag +17.6),  PGC 3090431  (catalog mag +17.6), PGC 1538689 ( catalog mag +17.9)

Annotated CCD Image (125% size, square root scale, cropped)  Image details as above

Negative CCD Image (125% size, square root scale, cropped)  Image details as above

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UGC 11435 - Spiral Galaxy (PGC 63166)

UGC 11435 (Draco) Flat Galaxy Atlas Object Alias: PGC 63166

Annotated CCD Image (50% size, square root scale) 2 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-07-26 23:40 UT (#796083-85) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2

UGC 11435 - Detail

CCD Image (100% size, square root scale, cropped) Image details as above

Negative CCD Image (100% size, square root scale, cropped) Image details as above

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