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Imaging at September 15, 2002 Coordinates

I got 30x2min CCD images of the Sep 15 coordinates using a Takahashi Mewlon 300 - 3572mm telescope in the dark skies of Arizona! 10 with a clear filter and 20 with a red filter.

Steve Havas

Steve's images, below, were secured between 1:30 and 3:30 AM on Sat Sep 21, 2002. Included are 6 dark images needed for background on the summary. Steve also garnered NEAT and DSS FITS files for comparison purposes. The NEAT image needs a vertical flip to align with Steve's images. These are all FITS files, which means one must use a FITS viewer which can be downloaded from a Harvard site. The bright star in the images is SAO 93912. The Sep 15 coordinates of RA 4.400347 Dec 12.14128, converted, are RA 4 24 01, Dec 12 08 29. From the Septbember 28, 2002 Live ZetaTalk IRC Session:

(NancyL) Am I right in understanding that the CCD camera that Steve is using is NOT in an observatory, right?
(NancyL) Thus, it is amateur equipment.
(Lace) It's in a private observatory
(SteveH) That's right Nancy, not in an observatory
(Lace) $20,000 of amateur equipment

(SteveH) Bobs, the scope used for these images was only 11.8"
(Lace) 12"
(SteveH) It was "amateur" equipment
(Lace) Limiting magnitude for that instrument is 14.7

10 Clear Filter
shavas-1-L.zip
shavas-2-L.zip
shavas-3-L.zip
shavas-4-l.zip
shavas-5-l.zip
shavas-6-l.zip
shavas-7-l.zip
shavas-8-l.zip
shavas-9-l.zip
shavas-10-l.zip
 
6 Dark
darks-00230.zip
darks-00330.zip
darks-00430.zip
darks-002120.zip
darks-003120.zip
darks-004120.zip
20 Red Filter
shavas-1-r.zip
shavas-2-r.zip
shavas-3-R.zip
shavas-4-r.zip
shavas-5-r.zip
shavas-6-r.zip
shavas-7-r.zip
shavas-8-r.zip
shavas-9-r.zip
shavas-10-r.zip
shavas-12-r.zip
shavas-13-r.zip
shavas-14-r.zip
shavas-15-r.zip
shavas-16-r.zip
shavas-17-r.zip
shavas-18-r.zip
shavas-19-r.zip
shavas-20-r.zip
Summary
shavas1-20lr.zip
 
Comparison
NEAT-1
DSS-1