David's Astronomy - Images 2007-05-19 (S00198) (original) (raw)

Day Time Session
Bullet Sunspot 956
Night Time Session
Bullet Venus
Bullet Moon
Bullet M53 - Globular Cluster
Bullet M58 - Spiral Galaxy
Bullet M90 - Spiral Galaxy
Bullet Astrometric & Photometric Monitoring - U Her, U And (Mira variables) - SS Cyg (Dwarf Nova) - And Z, AM CVn (variables) - BL Lac (Blazar) - Barnards Star, 61 Cyg, Gamma Dra, HIP 67593, Wolf 359 (Nearby Stars)
Digital Photos
Bullet Mercury (from 1 day earlier)
Bullet Moon (from 1 night later)
Bullet Moon
Bullet Moon & Venus
Bullet Moon (from 1 night later)
- Day Time Session, 0.5 hr
- CCD operation of -5 degC (at 72% average cooling). .
- main objective was to acquire images of sunspot group 956
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- Night Time Session, 5.0 hr
- CCD operation of -20 degC (at 78% average cooling). .
- main objective was to acquire test new scripts for monitoring star position & S/N and for performing a guide operation in between image frames, and collect to acquire further baseline images of the exosolar planet host star HAT-P-2
- secondary objective was to acquire images of selected variable stars and nearby stars for photometric and astrometric monitoring.
- opportunity was taken to take a acquire gallery images of M53, M85, M90, and images of Venus & New Moon.
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