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CCD Images - Session 862 (2021-02-24)

Objects Session Notes
Bullet C/2020 T2 (Palomar) - Comet
   
Bullet Nova Per 2020 - Nova (V1112 Per, AT 2020abap)
   
Bullet AT 2021dbp - Type CV Transient
Bullet AT 2021dtd - Type CV Transient
   
Bullet MCG +6-30-84 - Galaxy (PGC 48870) with Type Ia Supernova 2021K
   
Bullet NGC 4227 - Spiral Galaxy with Type Ia Supernova 2021biz
Bullet NGC 4631 - Spiral Galaxy with Type LRN Transient AT 2021biy
   
Bullet SN 2021xn - Type Ia Supernova in PGC 6041
   
Bullet UGC 3502 - Spiral Galaxy with Type Ia Supernova 2021cwc
Bullet UGC 6930 - Spiral Galaxy with Type Ia Supernova 2020rcq
   
Bullet Variable Stars (photometric monitoring)
- AM CVn, R CrB, U Her, BL Lac

   
Bullet Nearby Stars (astrometric monitoring)
- Barnards Star
  
   
- Early morning session (4.0 hours)
- Main aims of the session were to acquire a selection of variable star, nearby star and comet targets and deep sky targets as conditons 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 2021-02-24 >>
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C/2020 T2 (Palomar) - Comet

C/2020 T2 (Palomar)
(passing through Canes Venatici)
Sun Distance 2.60 AU (approaching)
Earth Distance 1.88 AU (281.7 million km)
Comet indicated by white cross-hairs
   C/2020 T2 (Palomar) - 2021-02-25, Detail
Autoguided on offset star using PHD2 with Lock Shift
set at the comet's rate of motion
(Ra 17.78 arcsec/hr, Dec 19.93 arcsec/hr)
Image   Image
Annotated CCD Image (50% size, square root scale)
3 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2021-02-25 02:59 UT (#862034-36)
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)
15 x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2021-02-25 03:05 UT (#862034-48)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
     
Images of C/2020 T2 (Palomar) on Comets 2021 Page >>    

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Nova Per 2020 - Nova (V1112 Per, AT 2020abap)

Nova Per 2020 (Perseus)
Nova in Perseus discovered 2020/11/25.807
[ Novae ]
Nova Per 2020 discovered independently by Seiji Ueda and Stanislav Korotkiy et al
AT 2020abap (Type: CV) reported 2020/11/27.230 UT by PGIR
Alias: N Per 2020 , PGIR20fbf, TCP J04291888+4354233, TCP J04291884+4354232, V1112 Per
 
Nova Per 2020 - 2021-02-25 (T+91.3d)
Image below (2021-02-25.083) was taken 91.3 days after discovery of Nova
Nova is shown by white cross hairs.  Measured magnitude +15.2
Image
CCD Image (100% size, linear scale, cropped)
3 x 90s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2021-02-25 02:04 UT (#862012-15)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
 
Images of Nova Per 2020 on Novae Page >>
 

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AT 2021dbp - Type CV Transient

AT 2021dbp (Auriga)
AT 2021dbp (Type: CV) discovered 2021/02/14.535 UT by Gaia
Alias: Gaia21auv,  GSC 2374:280
 ( Rochester Supernova site |  Gaia21auv )
Based on Gaia Alert at magnitude +10.04
 
AT 2021dbp - 2021-02-25 (T+10.5d)
Image below (2021-02-25.075) was taken 10.5 days after discovery of 2021dbp
CV is shown by white cross hairs.  Measured Magnitude +10.5 vs GSC magnitude  +10.2
Image
Annotated CCD Image  (100% size, linear scale, cropped)
5 x 60s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2021-02-25 01:52 UT (#862004-08)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
 
Images of AT 2021dbp on Transients 2021 Page >>

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AT 2021dtd - Type CV Transient, Be-type event

AT 2021dtd (Cepheus)
AT 2021dtd (Type: CV) discovered 2021/02/20.084 UT by Gaia
Alias: Gaia21bal,   GSC 2374:280
 ( Rochester Supernova site |  Gaia21bal )
0.25 mag brightening in blue star, Be-type event
 
AT 2021dtd - AT 2021dtd - 2021-02-25 (T+5.1d)
Image below (2021-02-25.143) was taken 5.1 days after discovery of 2021dtd
CV is shown by white cross hairs.   Measured Magnitude +10.9
Bright star is same FOV is HIP 105091 (mag +6.4)
Image
Annotated CCD Image  (100% size, linear scale, cropped)
5 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2021-02-25 03:36 UT (#862057-61)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
Images of AT 2021dtd on Transients 2021 Page >>

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MCG +6-30-84 - Galaxy (PGC 48870) with Type Ia Supernova 2021K

MCG +6-30-84 / PGC 48870 with SN 2021K (Canes Venatici)
MCG +6-30-84 / Alias
SN 2021K (Type: Ia) discovered 2021/01/01.490 UT by ZTF 
Alias: ZTF21aaabvjk, Gaia21acj
 (Rochester Supernova site | ZTF observations | )
 
MCG +6-30-84 / PGC 48870 with SN 2021K - 2021-02-25 (T+54.7d)
Image below (2021-02-25.208) was taken 54.7 days after discovery of 2021K
SN is shown by white cross hairs. 
Measured magnitude +15.2, SN + Galaxy Centre (fading)
vs  Host Galaxy Catalog Mag +15.5
Image
Annotated CCD Image  (125% size, square root scale, cropped)
5 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2021-02-25 05:10 UT (#862093-97)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
 
Images of SN 2021K (MCG +6-30-84) on Supernovae 2021 Page >>

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NGC 4227 - Spiral Galaxy with Type Ia Supernova 2021biz

NGC 4227 with SN 2021biz (Canes Venatici)
SN 2021biz (Type: Ia) discovered 2021/01/29.543 UT by ATLAS
Alias: ATLAS21dfz
 (Rochester Supernova site | Gianluca Masi image | Jean-Claude Merlin image )
  
NGC 4227 with SN 2021biz - 2021-02-25 (T+26.6d)
Image below (2021-02-25.187) was taken 26.6 days after discovery of 2021biz
SN shown by white cross hairs.  Measured magnitude +16.1 (fading)
Image
Annotated CCD Image  (125% size, linear scale, cropped)
4 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2021-02-25 04:36 UT (#862079-82)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
 
Images of SN 2021biz (NGC 4227) on Supernovae 2021 Page >>

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NGC 4631 - Spiral Galaxy with Type LRN Transient AT 2021biy

NGC 4631 with AT 2021biy (Canes Venatici)
AT 2021biy (Type: LRN) discovered 2021/01/29.559 UT by ATLAS
Alias: ATLAS21dfy (Discovery Note)
 (Rochester Supernova site | Odd Trondal image | Nick James image )

LRN = Luminous Red Nova [ LRN Transients ]
 
NGC 4631 with AT 2021biy - 2021-02-25 (T+26.6d)
Image below (2021-02-25.109) was taken 26.6 days after discovery of 2021biy
LRN shown by white cross hairs.  Measured magnitude ?
Image
Annotated CCD Image  (100% size, square root scale, cropped)
5 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2021-02-25 02:46 UT (#862027-31)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
 
Images of AT 2021biy (NGC 4631) on Transients 2021 Page >>

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SN 2021xn - Type Ia Supernova in PGC 6041

SN 2021xn (Perseus)
Faint Galaxy (PGC 6041, SDSS J013751.16+533958.8, catalog mag +16.1)
with Type Ia Supernova
[ Supernovae ]

SN 2021xn (Type: Ia) discovered 2021/01/10.158 UT by ZTF
Alias: ZTF21aacvhsc
 (Rochester Supernova site | Claudio Balcon image  )
 
PGC 6041 with SN 2021xn -2021-02-25 (T+46.0d)
Image below (2021-02-25.159) was taken 46.0 days after discovery of 2021xn
SN is shown by white cross hairs.  Measured Magnitude ?
(too many stars for full frame WCS Link using UCAC stars)
Poor quality image
Image
Annotated CCD Image  (150% size, square root scale, cropped)
5 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2021-02-25 03:58 UT (#862064-68)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
 
Images of SN 2021xn (PGC 6041) on Supernovae 2021 Page >>

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UGC 3502 - Spiral Galaxy with Type Ia Supernova 2021cwc

UGC 3502 with SN 2021cwc (Camelopardalis)
SN 2021cwc (Type Ia, z=0.021) discovered 2021/02/13.381 UT by ATLAS
Alias: ATLAS21flz
 ( Rochester Supernova site |  Giancarlo Cortini image | Odd Trondal image )
 
UGC 3502 with SN 2021cwc - 2021-02-25 (T+11.7d)
Image below (2021-02-25.092) was taken 11.7 days after discovery of 2021cwc
SN is shown by white cross hairs. 
Image
Annotated CCD Image  (150% size, square root scale, cropped)
4 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2021-02-25 02:23 UT (#862019-23)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
 
Images of SN 2021cwc (UGC 3502) on Supernovae 2021 Page >>

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UGC 6930 - Spiral Galaxy with Type Ia Supernova 2020rcq

UGC 6930 with SN 2020rcq (Ursa Major)
Spiral Galaxy with Type Ia Supernova
[ Supernovae ]

SN 2020rcq (Type 1a, z=0.002597) discovered 2020/08/09.168 by Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF)
 (Rochester Supernova site | Giancarlo Cortini image | )
 
UGC 6930 with SN 2020rcq - 2021-02-25 (T+200.0d)
Image below (2021-02-25.175) was taken 200.0 days after discovery of 2020rcq
SN is shown by white cross hairs.  Measured SN magnitude +16.8 (fading)
Image
Annotated CCD Image (100% size, square root scale, cropped)
5 x 120s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2021-02-25 04:18 UT (#862071-75)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
 
Images of SN 2020rcq (UGC 6930) on Supernovae 2020 Page >>

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