Amateur Astrophotography by Larry Waddill


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The Goldilocks Star...NSV 24959
Date:July 23 2006 to Sept 21 2006
Located near M27 Planetary nebula (NGC6853) within the constellation of Vulpecula
This star is a Mira type variable star with a magnitude range from about 13.5 to 18.5 with a period of approximately 213 days. Mira variables are very cool red super giants and their luminosity variation is due to extremely large pulsations. In this 60 day photo animation the star must be close to maximum on July 23rd, 2006 then drops to approximately 16.1 magnitude. At minimum it is absent from most photos. See www.seds.org/messier/xtra/leos/gl.html for more information.


Schwassmann-Wachmann 73p Comet
Images from "Slooh.com" Telescopes
Date 2006-4-20 Time 01:12UT (3.4MB)

Images from Fenwick Observatory Telescope
Date 2006-04-13 Time 05:25:27 UT (3.8MB)
Start of exposures at 5min. intervals:Date 2006-04-13 Time 05:25:27
Last exposure:Date 2006-04-13 Time 06:13:00 UT
RA =15 06 07.00' / Nominal Right Ascension of center of image
DEC = '+23 40 57.0 / Nominal Declination of center of image
'37 37 00' / Latitude of the imaging location
-77 34 00' / Longitude of the imaging location
MaxIm DL Version 4.53' /Name of software that modified the image
LX200 10" f/5' / telescope used to acquire this image
SBIG ST-7 Dual CCD Camera

note * Galaxy ic4534/ Mag14.5 /1.5 arcmin is @ 8oclk in the fov


Date 2006-04-12 Time 03:39:42 UT
Start of exposures at 5min. intervals:Date 2006-04-12 Time 03:39:42 UT
Last exposure:Date 2006-04-12 Time 06:34:54 UT
RA = '15 02 56' / Nominal Right Ascension of center of image
DEC = '+23 16 36' / Nominal Declination of center of image
'37 37 00' / Latitude of the imaging location
-77 34 00' / Longitude of the imaging location
MaxIm DL Version 4.53' /Name of software that modified the image
LX200 10" f/5' / telescope used to acquire this image
SBIG ST-7 Dual CCD Camera

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