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Images - Session 1095 (2023-02-04)

Objects Session Notes
Bullet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) - Comet
   
Bullet NGC 1501 - Planetary Nebula (PLN 144+ 6.1)
   
   
Bullet Variable Stars (photometric monitoring)
- None
    
Bullet Nearby Stars (astrometric monitoring)
- None
  
- Evening session (5.8 hours) hampered by condensation inside  the LX200 Telescope Tube, surpressing stars coming to the SBIG Camera, prevented the planned automated operations and make some user directed tasks like resetting telescope pointing and performing a short mapping job very difficult.

Some images captured using the TS80 secondary scope with its ZWO 178MC Camera
   
- 12" LX200 + ST-10XME for imaging
- TS 80mm APO + ZWO ASI178MC for guiding & imaging
- Ambient Temperature: 2.0°C (min)
- CCD Temperature:  -20°/ -25°C
- Notes from 2023-02-04 >>
 
   
   

C/2022 E3 (ZTF) - Comet

C/2022 E3 (ZTF) - 2023-02-04
(passing through Auriga)
Sun Distance 1.17 AU (receeding
Earth Distance 0.30 AU (45.3 million km)
(just after closest approach on 2023-02-01)
Images below are short 5s Locate Frames used to
orientate the secondary scope onto the comet.
   C/2022 E3 (ZTF) - 2023-02-04 Detail
Autoguided on offset star using PHD2 with Lock Shift
set at the comet's rate of motion
(Ra -390.93 arcsec/hr, Dec -852.64 arcsec/hr)
Image   Image
Annotated CCD Image (50% size, square root scale)
5s exposure (single frame), 3x3 binning, Clear Filter
2023-02-04 21:59 UT (#1095047)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
  CCD Image (100% size, log scale, cropped)
4 x 5s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, Clear Filter
2023-02-04 21:47 UT (#1095044-47)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
     
Images of C/2022 E3 (ZTF) on Comets 2023 Page >>    
Images of C/2022 E3 (ZTF) on Comets 2022 Page >>    

C/2022 E3 (ZTF)  - False Colour
Inverse Spectrum Images
  
C/2022 E3 (ZTF) - 2023-02-04
Image
False Colour CCD Image (70% size, log scale)
4 x 5s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, Clear Filter
2023-02-04 21:47 UT (#1095044-47)
12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
 

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NGC 1501 - Planetary Nebula (PLN 144+ 6.1)


NGC 1501 (Camelopardalis)
Alias:  Herschel IV-53, PLN 144+ 6.1
 [ Planetary Nebula ]
Image
CMOS Image (39% size, asinh stretched + gamma, b/w)
7 x 30s exposure (average combine), Gain 350, 1x1 binning
2023-02-04 23:26 UT (#23_26_10, 1280x1024)
TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
Auto-guided using 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Aligned & Stacked with Siril (siril-cli)
 
NGC 1501 - Detail
Image
CMOS Image (70% size, stretched + gamma, b/w, cropped)
Image details as above
[ smaller area ]
 
NGC 1501 - Detail
Image
Colour CMOS Image (100% size, stretched, cropped)
45 x 20s exposure (average combine), Gain 350, 1x1 binning
2023-02-04 23:43 UT (#23_43_16, 800x600)
TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2
Auto-guided using 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
Aligned & Stacked with Siril (siril-cli)
 

NGC 1501 - Earlier Image (2010)

Image
CCD Image (Linear Brightness Scale, cropped)
6 x 30s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2010-09-11 01:03hUT (#427169-75)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME
   
 

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