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NGC 1023 - Bright Elliptical Galaxy in Perseus. 10" LX200 at f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Sum of five 3 minute exposures. |
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Saturn and
satellites, December 2001 Average of six 0.2s exposures, 10" LX200 at f10, MX5 CCD |
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Jupiter, December 2001, showing Red
Spot and Moons Europa, Ganymede and Io. Average of 9 x 0.05 second exposures, 10" LX200 at f10. MX5 CCD. |
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Comet WM1 Linear - Mag 7.5, in Perseus. 10" LX200 at f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Multiple 1 minute exposures summed on the comet : effective exposure 5 minutes. 14th November 2001. |
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Saturn and
satellites, November 2001 Average of five 0.2s exposures, 10" LX200 at f10, MX5 CCD |
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M103, Open Cluster in Cassiopeia,
Mag 7.4, 6' - 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Single 1 minute exposure. |
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Comet WM1 Linear - Mag 8.5, in Perseus. 10" LX200 at f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Multiple 1 minute exposures summed on the comet : effective exposure 8 minutes. 11th November 2001. |
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NGC 7640 - Edge-on spiral galaxy in Andromeda. 10" LX200 at f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Sum of five 3 minute exposures. |
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Nova Cygnus 2001-2, approximate magnitude 7.7, July 2001. 10" LX200 at f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD, 10 second exposure. |
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Supernova SN2000bg, discovered by Tom Boles May 01. Object in NGC2608, Cancer.- 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. 3 exposures : Effective integration time 9 minutes. |
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Quasar 0957+561 in Ursa Major, Mag 17.3. Unusual as it appears as 2 images of the same object caused by gravitational lensing from an invisible massive object - 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. 3 exposures : Effective integration time 9 minutes. |
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M51, Whirlpool Galaxy in Canes
Venatici, Mag 8.4, 9' x 7.5'.
10" scope just shows the spiral nature on a good night. - 10" Meade LX200 f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Multiple exposures : Effective integration time 9 minutes. |