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C/2019 L3 (ATLAS) - Comet AT2020vak - Nova in M31 M57 - Planetary Nebula (Ring Nebula) NGC 514 - Spiral Galaxy with Type Ia Supernova 2020uxz NGC 584 - Elliptical Galaxy (Herschel I-100) NGC 779 - Spiral Galaxy (Herschel I-101) UGCA 17 - Spiral Galaxy (PGC 5341) UGCA 38 - Spiral Galaxy (PGC 10128) UGC 1803 - Spiral Galaxy (PGC 9904) Variable Stars (photometric monitoring) - RX And, TT Ari, CI Cyg, S Cyg, SS Cyg, BL Lac, CY Lyr Nearby Stars (astrometric monitoring) - HH And, 61 Cyg, Groombridge 34,
- Evening session (4.7 hours) ended just after by midnight by development of cloud - Main aims of the session were the testing new routines and acquisition of a selection of deep sky targets, together with some variable star, nearby star and comet targets (if conditions allowed) - 12" LX200 + ST-10XME for imaging - TS 80mm APO + ZWO ASI178MC for guiding & imaging - Ambient Temperature: 4°C (min) - CCD Temperature: -20°C - Notes from 2020-10-23 >> -
| C/2019 L3 (ATLAS) (passing through Cassiopeia) Sun Distance 5.26 AU (approaching) Earth Distance 4.65 AU (695.4 million km) |
C/2019 L3 (ATLAS) - 2020-10-23, Detail Autoguided on offset star using PHD2 with Lock Shift set at the comet's rate of motion (Ra -29.76 arcsec/hr, Dec -9.50 arcsec/hr) |
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| Annotated CCD Image (50% size, square root scale) 7 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-10-23 20:19 UT (#820052-58) 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) Image details as left |
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| Images of C/2019 L3 (ATLAS) on Comets 2020 Page >> |
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| Nova AT2020vak in M31 (Andromeda) AT2020vak in M31 discovered 2020/10/07.650 by Xingming Observatory Sky Survey (XOSS) ( Rochester Extragalactic Nova Page | Discovery images | Marc Serrau image ) |
| Nova AT2020vak in M31 - Detail, 2020-10-23-29 (T+16.2d) Image below (2020-10-23.861) was taken 16.2 days after discovery of AT2020vak SN is shown by grey cross hairs. Not possible to get a magnitude. |
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| Annotated CCD Image (100% size, square root scale, cropped) 3 x 120s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-10-23 20:40 UT (#820069-72) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2 |
| Nova AT2020vak in M31 - Wider View |
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| CCD Image (50% size, square root scale) Image details as above |
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| M57 (Lyra) |
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| CCD Image (50% size, square root scale) 6 x 30s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-10-23 18:55 UT (#820002-08) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2 |
| M57 - Detail |
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| CCD Image (125% size, square root scale, cropped) Image details as above |
| M57 - Wider View |
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| CMOS Colour Image (16% size) 174 x 1.5s (stacked), 1x1, gain 50 2020-10-23 18:15 UT () TS 80mm f6 APO + ZWO ASI178MC (OSC) |
| M57- Earlier Image (2004) |
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| CCD Colour Composite Luminance (C med 3x30s), Blue 220% (B av 3 x 60s), Green (V av 2x60s), Red (R av2x60s) 2004-09-18 23:16 hUT (# 72004-16) 8" LX200 classic + ST-7e |
| Earlier Composite high detail + colour image of M57
(2003+2004) (constructed from images taken 13 months apart) |
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| CCD Colour Composite Luminance Image taken on 2003-08-03 from southern England (#47146-55) (C sum 10x30s, f/10, 1x1 binning, unsharp masked) combined with Colour Images taken on 2004-09-18 from NE Scotland (# 72004-16) Blue 260% (B av 3 x 60s, f/7, 2x2 binning), Green (V av 2x60s, f/7, 2x2 binning), Red (R av2x60s, f/7, 2x2 binning) 8" LX200 classic + ST-7e [ Full Size | Original Luminance Image ] |
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| NGC 514 (Pisces) SN 2020uxz (Type 1a), discovered 2020/10/05.573 by Koichi Itagaki (Rochester Supernova site | Discovery Image | ) |
| NGC 514 with SN 2020uxz -2020-10-07 am (T+18.4d) Image below (2020-10-23.935) was taken 18.4 days after discovery of SN 2020uxz SN is shown by white cross hairs. Magntitude +13.6 |
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| Annotated CCD Image (100% size, square root scale, cropped) 5 x 120s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-10-23 22:27 UT (#820126-30) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2 |
| Images of SN 2020uxz (NGC 514) on Supernovae 2020 Page >> |
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| NGC 584 / H I-100 (Cetus) Adjacent galaxies : NGC 586 & PGC 1028168 |
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| Annotated CCD Image (50% size, square root scale) 2 x 120s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-10-23 23:10 UT (#820145-46) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2 |
| NGC 584 / H I-100 - Detail |
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| CCD Image (100% size, square root scale, cropped) Image details as above |
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| NGC 779 / Herschel I-101 (Cetus) |
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| CCD Image (50% size, log scale) 3 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-10-23 21:57 UT (#820111-14) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2 |
| NGC 779 / Herschel I-101 - Detail |
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| CCD Image (100% size, log scale, cropped) Image details as above |
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| Negative CCD Image (100% size, log scale, cropped) Image details as above |
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| UGCA 17 (Cetus) UGCA 17 / PGC 5341 (catalog mag +14.6) |
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| CCD Image (50% size, square root scale) 2 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-10-23 22:43 UT (#820133-35) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2 |
| UGCA 17 - Detail |
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| CCD Image (100% size, square root scale, cropped) Image details as above |
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| Negative CCD Image (100% size, square root scale, cropped) Image details as above |
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| UGCA 38 / PGC 10128 (Cetus) catalog mag +16.4 Galaxy is very faint. Position shown by white circle. |
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| Annotated CCD Image (50% size, square root scale) 3 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-10-23 23:23 UT (#820149-51) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2 |
| UGCA 38 / PGC 10128 - Detail |
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| CCD Image (100% size, square root scale, cropped) Image details as above |
| UGCA 38 / PGC 10128 - Later Image (2021-12-05) |
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| CCD Image (100% size, square root scale, cropped) 3 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2021-12-05 21:38 UT (#939115-17) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2 |
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| UGC 1803 (Cetus) Flat Galaxy Atlas (Alias: PGC 9904 ) |
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| Annotated CCD Image (50% size, linear scale) 5 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2020-10-23 21:37 UT (#820104-08) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2 |
| UGC 1803 - Detail |
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| CCD Image (100% size, linear scale, cropped) Image details as above |
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| Last Updated : | 2024-05-30 |
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