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To complete the program, the participant must simply observe and log each of the 100 carbon stars featured on the observing list.
Please note that all observations should include the following basic information:
Observer’s name
Object name
Date/Time (local or Universal Time)
Observing Site (Latitude and Longitude, and location)
Sky conditions (Seeing, Transparency, Moon Phase, etc.)
Telescope used
Eyepiece used
Magnification
Detailed description of the object, including color
Sketch or image of the object (should include at least 5 identified field stars, if possible)
Observing Locations: Bortle Latitude Longitude Elevation
Brommelsiek Park orange 38.723N 90.815W 644 ft
Danville WA green 38.868N 91.514W 823 ft
Shenandoah NP green 38.462N, 78.460W 3229 ft
White: Memorial WA green 39.171 N 91.005 W 802 ft
Seeing Scale:
1 - Chaotic: lowest power stellar images unsteady
2-3 - Severely disturbed: low power planetary/nebulae images unsteady
4-5 - Poor: medium powers unsteady
6-7 - Good: only high powers unsteady
8-9 - Excellent: only highest powers soft
10 - Superb: all powers steady
Transparency Scale:
1 - Mostly Cloudy
2-3 - Hazy; 1 or 2 Little Dipper stars visible
4 - 3-4 Little Dipper stars; Milky Way not visible
5 - 4 Little Dipper stars; Bright parts of Milky Way visible (Scutum starcloud)
6 - 5 Little Dipper stars; Milky Way visible with averted vision
7 - 6 Little Dipper stars; Milky Way visible
8-9 - Excellent: 7 Little Dipper stars; M-31 visible
10 - Superb: M-33 and/or M-81 visible
Optics:
SkyWatcher 12" is a 12" f/5 Newtonian with a 1500mm focal length
Orion 11x80 binoculars
Tasco 7x50 binoculars
Imaging and Photometric Analysis:
Photometry of carbon stars doesn't require highly specialized or expensive equipment. Unless otherwise noted nine thirty-second exposures at ISO 800 were taken with a Canon T2i and 300mm M42 lens along with dark, bias, and flat frames using Sequence Generator Pro to control both the camera and iOptron Smart EQ Pro mount. After capture the images were all calibrated and stacked using MaximDL 5.0 at a later date. For photometric purposes, the green channels were extracted and combined with MaximDL, and the resulting images were plate-solved with PinPoint. The final image for each target was uploaded to the AAVSO's VPhot for photometric analysis. Screen captures of the VPhot screen serve as the required labeled images of the various carbon stars. The green channel of the images is suitable for submission as being done with a TG (tricolor green) filter. When possible the results were submitted to the AAVSO's WebObs for inclusion into the database. Some image results were not submitted because they were not in the database, had very high error, or lack of comparison stars in the field.
Comments:
Objects were located and identified using SkySafari 5 on a Nexus 7 Android tablet
All targets were found by star hopping and the GoTo features of SkySafari, any other program, or telescope hardware were NOT used to center targets for this observing program.
No additional aid from others was used to locate and/or identify objects.
I'm red/green color blind and unable to identify the color of the stars. As an accommodation, I'll be doing photometric determination of the magnitudes of the one hundred stars in the program.
# 1
Name: WZ Cas Imaging Information
Con: Cas Image date: 1/27/2018
RA: 00 01 15 Image time: 7:06 p.m. CST
DEC: +60 21 19 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 6.9-11.0 Seeing: 5/10
Period: 186 days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C9(N1) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 21002 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 99 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 224855 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 7.294
Error: 1.8E-2
Description/Comments:
Sometimes finding carbon stars is easier and sometimes it is harder. This was one of the easier ones to find. There were lots of stars in the eyepiece but WZ Cas had enough color and brightness to stand out from all the rest. I didn't have to resort to the AAVSO finder chart to find this bright magnitude 6-7 reddish star.
Visual Information
Date: 11/15/2017
Time: 8:12:48 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 6/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12"
Eyepiece: 32mm
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 2
Name: SU And Imaging Information
Con: And Image date: 1/27/2018
RA: 00 04 36 Image time: 7:19 p.m. CST
DEC: +43 33 04 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 8.0-8.5 Seeing: 5/10
Period: Irr. days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C6(Nb) Camera: T2i
Catalog: GSC 2793:243 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 363 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 225217 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 8.563
Error: 1.70E-2
Description/Comments:
As a lark I thought I'd try to see some of the carbon stars with my 7x50 binoculars on my lookdown mount. While the star was easy to find it was dim and colorless.
Visual Information
Date: 10/16/2017
Time: 10:17:48 PM CDT
From: Whiteside
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 42926
Scope: 7x50s
Eyepiece: binos
Power: 7x
Moon?: none
# 3
Name: SAO 109003 Imaging Information
Con: Psc Image date: 1/27/2018
RA: 00 05 22 Image time: 7:32 p.m. CST
DEC: +08 47 16 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 8.2-8.3 Seeing: 5/10
Period: ? days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C(G4V) Camera: T2i
Catalog: GSC 594: 778 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 447 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 26 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: no comp stars
Description/Comments:
This carbon star was high in the sky above omega Pisces when observed. It was easy to find. The eyepiece view was rather sparse with only about 20 stars visible and this was one of the brighter ones. It had a slight amount of color but I couldn't guess what it was for this 8th mag estimate star
Visual Information
Date: 11/15/2017
Time: 8:23:50 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 6/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12"
Eyepiece: 32mm
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 4
Name: VX And Imaging Information
Con: And Image date: 1/27/2018
RA: 00 19 54 Image time: 7:46 p.m. CST
DEC: +44 42 33 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 7.8-9.3 Seeing: 5/10
Period: 369 days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C4(N7) Camera: T2i
Catalog: GSC 2794:14 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 1593 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 1546 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 8.194
Error: 0.02
Description/Comments:
These are actually pretty easy to find with binoculars. I can't see much of thee star and certainly no color. This carbon star is just beyond M31. There are three stars in a row with a bit of curve off to the left.
Visual Information
Date: 10/16/2017
Time: 10:14:47 PM CDT
From: Whiteside
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 8/10
Scope: 7x50s
Eyepiece: binos
Power: 7x
Moon?: none
# 5
Name: AQ And Imaging Information
Con: And Image date: 1/27/2018
RA: 00 27 31 Image time: 7:58 p.m. CST
DEC: +35 35 14 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 6.9 – 8.6 Seeing: 5/10
Period: 346 days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C5 (Nb) Camera: T2i
Catalog: GSC 2270:318 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 2180 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 2342 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 8.264
Error: 6.0E-3
Description/Comments:
This carbon star is very close to M31. It looks very dim with the binoculars. There is no color, but it is easy to find halfway between Psi and another star.
Visual Information
Date: 10/16/2017
Time: 10:11:52 PM CDT
From: Whiteside
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 8/10
Scope: 7x50s
Eyepiece: binos
Power: 7x
Moon?: none
# 6
Name: NSV 15196 Imaging Information
Con: And Image date: 1/27/2018
RA: 00 54 13 Image time: 8:11 p.m. CST
DEC: +24 04 01 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 8.3 – 8.7 Seeing: 5/10
Period: 755 days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C1 (Rp) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 74353 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 4252 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 5523 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 8.535
Error: 0.016
Description/Comments:
I could only tell that this star had any color when I looked directly at it and compared it to its neighbors. It doesn't pop out of the eyepiece. It was easy to find in the field and has a magnitude of 8-9 when viewed.
Visual Information
Date: 11/15/2017
Time: 8:33:07 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 6/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12"
Eyepiece: 32mm
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 7
Name: W Cas Imaging Information
Con: Cas Image date: 1/27/2018
RA: 00 54 53 Image time: 8:25 p.m. CST
DEC: +58 33 49 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 7.8 – 12.5 Seeing: 5/10
Period: 406 days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C7 Camera: T2i
Catalog: GSC 368:1824 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 4284 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 5235 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 10.855
Error: 3.2E-2
Description/Comments:
It must be way down in the cycle with a magnitude of less than 10. No color see and hard to find and pick out of the field. I'm pretty sure that I picked out the correct star. (AAVSO light curve says it is 10ish but it seems dimmer even though it is high in the sky.)
Visual Information
Date: 11/15/2017
Time: 8:40:32 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 6/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12"
Eyepiece: 32mm
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 8
Name: Z Psc Imaging Information
Con: Psc Image date: 1/27/2018
RA: 01 16 05 Image time: 8:38 p.m. CST
DEC: +25 46 09 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 6.5 – 7.9 Seeing: 5/10
Period: 144 days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C7 (N0) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 74593 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 5914 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 7561 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 6.867
Error: 2.6E-2
Description/Comments:
And so it begins with an easy to find field with a carbon star with a slight bit of color that helps it stand out in the field. The moon looks like it may be a problem for dimmer carbons tonight, but not this guy. The magnitude looks to be around 7.
Visual Information
Date: 2/25/2018
Time: 07:01 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 5/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: 2 days past first quarter
# 9
Name: V Ari Imaging Information
Con: Ari Image date: 1/27/2018
RA: 02 15 00 Image time: 8:51 p.m. CST
DEC: +12 14 23 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 8.3 – 10.8 Seeing: 5/10
Period: 77 days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C4 (R8) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 92853 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 10472 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 13826 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 8.681
Error: 3.7E-2
Description/Comments:
Three stars in a line above it and it kind of popped out a little bit due to the color. Dimmer than Z Psc maybe about 8.5.
Visual Information
Date: 2/25/2018
Time: 07:04 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 5/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: 2 days past first quarter
# 10
Name: SAO 129989 Imaging Information
Con: Cet Image date: 1/27/2018
RA: 02 35 06 Image time: 9:04 p.m. CST
DEC: -09 26 34 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 8.2 – 8.5 Seeing: 5/10
Period: ? days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C2 (R3) Camera: T2i
Catalog: GSC 5285:3 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 12028 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 16115 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: no comp stars
Description/Comments:
This carbon star was really low in the west, maybe 30 degree above the horizon when viewed. The weather has been so bad for months that this is the first opportunity I've had to get it. If I wait any longer I'll loose it for the season. Only six stars are showing in the eyepiece and it is the second brightest with not much color. I'd guess magnitude 9 but lots of airmass there to make it dim.
Visual Information
Date: 2/25/2018
Time: 07:07 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 5/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: 2 days past first quarter
# 11
Name: UY And Imaging Information
Con: And Image date: 1/27/2018
RA: 02 38 23 Image time: 9:17 p.m. CST
DEC: +39 10 09 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 7.4-12.3 Seeing: 5/10
Period: ? days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C5(N3) Camera: T2i
Catalog: GSC 2832:2 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 12298 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 16326 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 10.212
Error: 0.031
Description/Comments:
According to the AAVSO finder chart this guy is in the middle of a very dense star field. In reality there were only about 15 stars in the field because of the poor transparency due to the 77% full moon. It is in a roe of three or four stars and second from the end. It looks to be magnitude 9-10 with no color.
Visual Information
Date: 2/25/2018
Time: 07:12 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 5/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: 2 days past first quarter
# 12
Name: V623 Cas Imaging Information
Con: Cas Image date: 1/27/2018
RA: 03 11 25 Image time: 9:30 p.m. CST
DEC: +57 54 11 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 7.3-8.1 Seeing: 5/10
Period: ? days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C4(R5) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 23858 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 14827 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 19557 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 7.682
Error: 7.2E-2
Description/Comments:
I'm in the right field of view…all the other marker stars that surround it are in the right places. It might be yellowish and is about magnitude 7.5.
Visual Information
Date: 2/25/2018
Time: 07:15 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 5/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: 2 days past first quarter
# 13
Name: Y Per Imaging Information
Con: Per Image date: 1/27/2018
RA: 03 27 42 Image time: 9:43 p.m. CST
DEC: +44 10 36 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 8.1-11.3 Seeing: 5/10
Period: 249 days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C4(R4) Camera: T2i
Catalog: GSC 2873:1287 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 16126 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 21280 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 9.055
Error: 4.0standE-2
Description/Comments:
I'm amazed at the difference in what 30sec image showing hundreds of thousands of stars and looking at the 20-30 stars I see in the eyepiece looking at this star. This guy doesn't stat out of the field. It is dim and I can't see any color. I'd guess about magnitude. 9.5.
Visual Information
Date: 2/25/2018
Time: 07:20 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 5/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: 2 days past first quarter
# 14
Name: V466 Per Imaging Information
Con: Per Image date: 1/27/2018
RA: 03 41 29 Image time: 9:57 p.m. CST
DEC: +51 30 11 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 8.4-8.9 Seeing: 5/10
Period: ? days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C5(N5) Camera: T2i
Catalog: NSV 1223 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 232820 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 10.769
Error: 3.7E-2
Description/Comments:
I finally realized that my finder charts had way too many stars to find anything tonight. Luckily my tablet can connect to the Internet. I went to the AAVSO and started making new finders with a 120 minute field and a maximum 10.5 magnitude. It really limited the number of stars on each but made finding the carbon stars much easier. It made finding this guy much easier...a touch of color but no clue what it is.
Visual Information
Date: 2/25/2018
Time: 07:26 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 5/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: 2 days past first quarter
# 15
Name: U Cam Imaging Information
Con: Cam Image date: 1/27/2018
RA: 03 41 48 Image time: 10:19 p.m. CST
DEC: +62 38 54 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 6.9-7.6 Seeing: 5/10
Period: ? days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C3-C6(N5) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 12870 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 17257 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 22611 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 7.337
Error: 0.024
Description/Comments:
There are three really bright stars at the top of the field. Starting at the one on the right and arcing down leads to a red star that is fairly bright and easy to see in the field. I gave the other people at the park (3) a chance to see it. The easiest of the night so far.
Visual Information
Date: 2/25/2018
Time: 07:30 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 5/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: 2 days past first quarter
# 16
Name: UV Cam Imaging Information
Con: Cam Image date: 1/27/2018
RA: 04 05 53 Image time: 10:33 p.m. CST
DEC: +61 47 39 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 7.5-8.1 Seeing: 5/10
Period: 294 days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C5(R8) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 13009 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 19115 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 25408 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 7.71
Error: 3.0E-3
Description/Comments:
Pretty easy once I got to the field. Three stars in a triangle on the left. A line between the two of them when extended splits the field and in the bottom part is UV Cam. It looks to be about magnitude 7.5-7.8 from the comp stars on the finder chart.
Visual Information
Date: 2/25/2018
Time: 07:40 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 5/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: 2 days past first quarter
# 17
Name: XX Cam Imaging Information
Con: Cam Image date: 1/27/2018
RA: 04 08 38 Image time: 10:46 p.m. CST
DEC: +53 21 39 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 7.1-10.0 Seeing: 5/10
Period: ? days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C0-C2(G1) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 24431 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 19340 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 25878 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 7.457
Error: 1.8E-2
Description/Comments:
Not exactly the easiest to do Finding the field wasn't bad, but the field doesn't really have any distinctive stars at all or any kind of thing to give an indication of where I really was. If the moon wasn't so bright it might have been a different story, but for tonight I had to spend some time finding where I was in the field. I think I ended up with XX Cam at magnitude 8.2 and no color.
Visual Information
Date: 2/25/2018
Time: 07:44 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 5/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: 2 days past first quarter
# 18
Name: ST Cam Imaging Information
Con: Cam Image date: 1/27/2018
RA: 04 51 13 Image time: 11:08 p.m. CST
DEC: +68 10 07 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 6.7-8.4 Seeing: 5/10
Period: 300 days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C5(N5) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 13285 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 22552 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 30243 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 6.897
Error: 0.031
Description/Comments:
Duh moment! I couldn't find it for the longest time…then I realized that I was using the ST And finder chart and a quick trip to aavso.net solved that problem. Three stars in a row shows the correct place with a field that doesn't show many stars. ST Cam had no color and probably 8.2 or 8.3 based on comp stars at the bottom of the field.
Visual Information
Date: 2/25/2018
Time: 08:02 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 5/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: 2 days past first quarter
# 19
Name: TT Tau Imaging Information
Con: Tau Image date: 1/27/2018
RA: 04 51 31 Image time: 11:25 p.m. CST
DEC: +28 31 36 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 7.7-10.0 Seeing: 5/10
Period: 167 days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C4-C7(N3) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 76788 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 22578 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 30755 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 7.892
Error: 3.50E-2
Description/Comments:
Not one of the easier ones of the evening. Only 10 stars in the eyepiece and it was one of the dimmer two or three. No color and possibly magnitude 10 to 10.5.
Visual Information
Date: 2/25/2018
Time: 08:07 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 5/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: 2 days past first quarter
# 20
Name: R Lep Imaging Information
Con: Lep Image date: 1/27/2018
RA: 04 59 36 Image time: 11:36 p.m. CST
DEC: -14 48 22 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 5.5-11.7 Seeing: 5/10
Period: 427 days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C7(N6) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 150058 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 23203 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 31996 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 7.825
Error: 4.2E-2
Description/Comments:
I knew that R Lep is also called Hind's Crimson star and that it would be easy to find. It was fairly low in the south (maybe 30 degrees above the horizon) and that it never gets too high, but I caught it fairly close to the meridian. The color and brightness made it stand out in the field...easiest of the night.
Visual Information
Date: 2/25/2018
Time: 08:10 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 5/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: 2 days past first quarter
# 21
Name: EL Aur Imaging Information
Con: Aur Image date: 2/12/2018
RA: 05 03 23 Image time: 7:29 p.m. CST
DEC: +50 37 58 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 8.5-8.7 Seeing: 6/10
Period: Irr. days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C5(N3) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 24981 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 23520 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 32088 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 8.834
Error: 0.019
Description/Comments:
Tough. Dim. Dim. Dim. The magnitude 9 and 10 comp stars that surround it were easy to find and see but I can only see this guy with averted vision. It looked more magnitude 11 or less. The AAVSO finder chart says 11.5-12.3 not nearly as bright as the 8.5-8.7 listed here.
Visual Information
Date: 2/25/2018
Time: 08:13 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 5/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: 2 days past first quarter
# 22
Name: W Ori Imaging Information
Con: Ori Image date: 2/12/2018
RA: 05 05 23 Image time: 8:11 p.m. CST
DEC: +01 10 39 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 5.8-10.0 Seeing: 6/10
Period: 212 days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C5(N5) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 112406 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 23680 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 32736 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 6.085
Error: 4.0E-3
Description/Comments:
Sometimes my scope's gotos are great and then there was this one…almost out of the field. Luckily it is big and bright enough with color that it still popped out of the field like a stop sign. Easily a 5.6 magnitude based on the comp stars.
Visual Information
Date: 2/25/2018
Time: 08:16 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 5/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: 2 days past first quarter
# 23
Name: TX Aur Imaging Information
Con: Aur Image date: 2/12/2018
RA: 05 09 05 Image time: 8:44 p.m. CST
DEC: +39 00 08 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 8.5-9.2 Seeing: 6/10
Period: Irr. days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C5(N3) Camera: T2i
Catalog: GSC 2895: 203 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 23965 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 33016 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 9.006
Error: 2.5E-2
Description/Comments:
Not quite in the dob hole but high enough that it made looking in the finder pretty difficult. The goto wasn't particularly good so I had to shop around to find the right field. Even then centering this guy wasn't the easiest either with no color that I could pick up. Looked to be about magnitude 9.3.
Visual Information
Date: 2/25/2018
Time: 08:22 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 5/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: 2 days past first quarter
# 24
Name: SY Eri Imaging Information
Con: Eri Image date: 2/12/2018
RA: 05 09 48 Image time: 9:13 p.m. CST
DEC: -05 30 55 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 8.3-10.0 Seeing: 6/10
Period: 96 days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C6(N0) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 131832 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 24025 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 33404 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 8.459
Error: 2.6E-2
Description/Comments:
I'm saying I saw it. There are only five stars in the field and the one I'm looking for is in the right place with a touch of color. Magnitude 9.
Visual Information
Date: 2/25/2018
Time: 08:29 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 5/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: 2 days past first quarter
# 25
Name: UV Aur Imaging Information
Con: Aur Image date: 2/12/2018
RA: 05 21 48 Image time: 9:26 p.m. CST
DEC: +32 30 43 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 7.4-10.6 Seeing: 6/10
Period: 394 days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C6-C8(Nc) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 57941 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 25050 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 34842 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 9.902
Error: 0.027
Description/Comments:
And so begins probably the last night observing on the Carbon Star list. UV Aur was easy to find straght up in the dob hole. It was relatively easy to find in the field with the AAVSO finder although no color was seen. It was fairly dim about mag 10.
Visual Information
Date: 3/12/2018
Time: 08:04 p.m. CDT
From: Brommelsiek
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 4/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 26
Name: S Aur Imaging Information
Con: Aur Image date: 2/12/2018
RA: 05 27 07 Image time: 9:35 p.m. CST
DEC: +34 08 59 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 8.2-13.3 Seeing: 6/10
Period: 590 days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C4/5(N3) Camera: T2i
Catalog: GSC 2411:222 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 35556 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 9.455
Error: 0.02
Description/Comments:
At first glance this carbon star was pretty impressive. It stands out in the field as being red even with my eyes. I'd estimate a magnitude of 9. Three progressively dimmer stars in a row above it.
Visual Information
Date: 3/12/2018
Time: 08:09 p.m. CDT
From: Brommelsiek
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 4/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 27
Name: RT Ori Imaging Information
Con: Ori Image date: 2/12/2018
RA: 05 33 13 Image time: 9:45 p.m. CST
DEC: +07 09 12 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 8.0-8.9 Seeing: 6/10
Period: 321 days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C6(Nb) Camera: T2i
Catalog: GSC 126: 161 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 26032 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 36602 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 7.993
Error: 5.0E-3
Description/Comments:
Fairly close to Bellatrix in Orion. The fairly sparse field has one noticeable feature…RT Ori, a red carbon star. It is easy to get to and see. Somewhere around magnitude 8.
Visual Information
Date: 3/12/2018
Time: 08:13 p.m. CDT
From: Brommelsiek
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 4/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 28
Name: S Cam Imaging Information
Con: Cam Image date: 2/12/2018
RA: 05 41 02 Image time: 9:56 p.m. CST
DEC: +68 47 55 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 7.7-11.6 Seeing: 6/10
Period: 327 days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C7(R8) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 13563 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 26753 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 36972 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 8.783
Error: 1.5 E-2
Description/Comments:
This guy is tough! It is almost due east of alpha Cam. Looking at the field there is a pentagon of 5 stars to the east and a fainter string of three stars to the west. S Cam is the first in the string. No color was seen and dim at magnitude 10.
Visual Information
Date: 3/12/2018
Time: 08:18 p.m. CDT
From: Brommelsiek
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 4/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 29
Name: TU Tau Imaging Information
Con: Tau Image date: 2/12/2018
RA: 05 45 13 Image time: 10:07 p.m. CST
DEC: +24 25 12 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 5.9-9.2 Seeing: 6/10
Period: 190 days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: c5(N3) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 77502 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 27135 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 38218 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 8.52
Error: 3.5E-2
Description/Comments:
There is a bright mag 5 star and dimmer double in the E of the field. A string of five dimmer stars moves towards the center with TU Tau being the last in the string. I couldn't have picked it out from a star just above it without the AAVSO finder. Looks to be about mag 8.5 with no color.
Visual Information
Date: 3/12/2018
Time: 08:22 p.m. CDT
From: Brommelsiek
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 4/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 30
Name: Y Tau Imaging Information
Con: Tau Image date: 2/12/2018
RA: 05 45 39 Image time: 10:18 p.m. CST
DEC: +20 41 42 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 6.5-9.2 Seeing: 6/10
Period: 242 days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C6.5(N3 Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 77516 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 27181 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 38307 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 7.203
Error: 1.7E-2
Description/Comments:
There is a triangle of brighter stars to the left in the field and then five in a row coming up from the bottom. Y Tau is in between these.There is a slight bit of color to set it off. Practicing for the Binocular Variable Star Program with all the comp stars in the field says Y Tau is mag 7.4.
Visual Information
Date: 3/12/2018
Time: 08:28 p.m. CDT
From: Brommelsiek
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 4/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 31
Name: FU Aur Imaging Information
Con: Aur Image date: 2/12/2018
RA: 05 48 08 Image time: 10:28 p.m. CST
DEC: +30 37 51 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 8.3-8.5 Seeing: 6/10
Period: ? days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C7(N0) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 58449 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 27398 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 38572 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 8.652
Error: 6.0E-3
Description/Comments:
I saw that the listed range on the AAVSO finder chart was 11-12 and was a bit scared that the transparency wasn't going to let me see this guy. I learned not to trust the AAVSO's values! While I do think it was dimmer than the 8.3-8.5 listed here, the AL values are much closer. It does stand out but I don't see any color and would be estimated about mag 9.5. There are no good comp stars anywhere in my 2 degree fov.
Visual Information
Date: 3/12/2018
Time: 08:32 p.m. CDT
From: Brommelsiek
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 4/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 32
Name: TU Gem Imaging Information
Con: Gem Image date: 2/12/2018
RA: 06 10 53 Image time: 10:38 p.m. CST
DEC: +26 00 53 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 7.4-8.4 Seeing: 6/10
Period: 230 days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C6(N3) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 78066 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 42272 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 7.951
Error: 0.023
Description/Comments:
For some reason I like this field. Off to the left there is an interesting trapezoid of stars. Towards the center of the field there is a grouping in the middle of four stars in a tri delta logo pattern. The star that is the closest to the trapezoid is TU Gem. There is a slight bit of reddish color that helped me pick it up but the AAVSO finder helped. There were only two comp stars in the field...best guess is magnitude 8.0.
Visual Information
Date: 3/12/2018
Time: 08:38 p.m. CDT
From: Brommelsiek
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 4/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 33
Name: FU Mon Imaging Information
Con: Mon Image date: 2/12/2018
RA: 06 22 23 Image time: 10:49 p.m. CST
DEC: +03 25 27 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 8.5 – 9.8 Seeing: 6/10
Period: 310 days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C8 (CSe) Camera: T2i
Catalog: GSC 136: 183 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 30301 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 44544 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 8.678
Error: 0.01
Description/Comments:
Really close to the Helix but equally hard to see. I had to try twice to make sure. The sparse field also makes it harder to find. Two brighter stars as a possible wide double are above it and a diagonal chain of dim stars down from those. This is the second in the chain and dim...magnitude 10.5 but only one comp ((6.4) in the field.
Visual Information
Date: 3/12/2018
Time: 09:14 p.m. CDT
From: Brommelsiek
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 4/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 34
Name: V Aur Imaging Information
Con: Aur Image date: 2/12/2018
RA: 06 24 02 Image time: 11:00 p.m. CST
DEC: +47 42 23 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 8.5-13.0 Seeing: 6/10
Period: 333 days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C6 (N3) Camera: T2i
Catalog: GSC 3380: 1119 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 30449 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 44388 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 10.992
Error: 0.024
Description/Comments:
Tough! The AAVSO says this guy can get down to mag 13 and I'd guess it is below 11.0 tonight. There is a bright star at the bottom of the field and a diamond of four able it. All the diamond stars are comps with magnitudes of 10-11. In the middle of the diamond with averted vision is V Aur. I can see something, but no color and tiny. I'd estimate magnitude 11.5 and just at the limit of seeing for the night.
Visual Information
Date: 3/12/2018
Time: 08:48 p.m. CDT
From: Brommelsiek
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 4/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 35
Name: BL Ori Imaging Information
Con: Ori Image date: 2/12/2018
RA: 06 25 28 Image time: 11:10 p.m. CST
DEC: +14 43 19 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 6.0-7.0 Seeing: 6/10
Period: 154 days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C6 (Nb, Tc) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 95659 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 30564 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 44984 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 6.423
Error: 0.023
Description/Comments:
I noticed that SKySafari said this was a magnitude 6.3 variable so I passed on downloading the AAVSO finder. I certainly didn't need it as BL Ori really stood out of the field with both red color and brightness. I believe the 6.3 SkySafari listed.
Visual Information
Date: 3/12/2018
Time: 09:10 p.m. CDT
From: Brommelsiek
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 4/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 36
Name: UU Aur Imaging Information
Con: Aur Image date: 2/12/2018
RA: 06 36 32 Image time: 11:21 p.m. CST
DEC: +38 26 43 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 5.1-7.0 Seeing: 6/10
Period: 234 days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C5 – C7(N3) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 59280 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 31579 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 46687 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 4.903
Error: 0.002
Description/Comments:
Bright, bright, bright. Orange, orange, orange. Easy, easy, easy. I'd downloaded the AAVSO finder but certainly didn't need it for UU Aur. It jumps out of the field and looks to be between magnitude 5 and 6.
Visual Information
Date: 3/12/2018
Time: 08:51 p.m. CDT
From: Brommelsiek
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 4/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 37
Name: VW Gem Imaging Information
Con: Gem Image date: 2/12/2018
RA: 06 42 08 Image time: 11:31 p.m. CST
DEC: +31 27 17 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 8.1-8.5 Seeing: 6/10
Period: Irr. days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C5 (Na) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 59383 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 32083 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 47883 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 8.431
Error: 1.3 E-2
Description/Comments:
Right in the middle of what I'll call a double triangle of stars…one triangle inside another. It is reddish and magnitude 8.5. Easy to see right where the finder chart says. It really stands out!
Visual Information
Date: 3/12/2018
Time: 08:57 p.m. CDT
From: Brommelsiek
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 4/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 38
Name: GY Mon Imaging Information
Con: Mon Image date: 2/12/2018
RA: 06 53 11 Image time: 11:48 p.m. CST
DEC: -04 34 34 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 8.1 – 9.0 Seeing: 6/10
Period: Irr. days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C6 (N3/R8) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 133825 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 33059 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 50436 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 8.512
Error: 4.0E-3
Description/Comments:
Starting to get cold and the others are already packing up. I'll finish this one and two more for a total of twenty and call it a night. I really don't know this part of the sky very well and getting there wasn't the easiest. Lots of doubles in the field and this guy was easy to find. Absolutely NO comp stars on the AAVSO finder so no guess as to magnitude. No color either.
Visual Information
Date: 2/25/2018
Time: 08:47 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 5/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: 2 days past first quarter
# 39
Name: RV Mon Imaging Information
Con: Mon Image date: 2/12/2018
RA: 06 58 21 Image time: 11:52 p.m. CST
DEC: +06 10 01 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 7.0-8.9 Seeing: 6/10
Period: 132 days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C4-C6(Nb/R9) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 114704 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 33550 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 51620 Exposure: 4 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 7.264
Error: 3.5E-2
Description/Comments:
A nice bright little sharply focused reddish star in the middle of the field about magnitude 7…pops out.
Visual Information
Date: 2/25/2018
Time: 08:52 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 5/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: 2 days past first quarter
# 40
Name: V614 Mon Imaging Information
Con: Mon Image date: 12:00:00 AM
RA: 07 01 01 Image time: 7:27 p.m. CST
DEC: -03 15 09 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 7.0-7.4 Seeing: 7/10
Period: 60 days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C4(R5) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 134049 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 33794 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 52432 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 7.531
Error: 2.2 E-2
Description/Comments:
Sounds like a broken record…just like RV Mon, the one just before…a nice bright little sharply focused reddish star in the middle of the field about magnitude 7…pops out.
Visual Information
Date: 2/25/2018
Time: 09:01 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 5/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: 2 days past first quarter
# 41
Name: RY Mon Imaging Information
Con: Mon Image date: 12:00:00 AM
RA: 07 06 56 Image time: 7:37 p.m. CST
DEC: -07 33 26 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 7.5-9.2 Seeing: 7/10
Period: 456 days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C5-C7(N5/R) Camera: T2i
Catalog: GSC 5381: 403 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 34326 ISO 800
HD Desig: TYC 5381-403-1 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 8.063
Error: 0.016
Description/Comments:
Maybe magnitude 8.5. There are two double on either side of it with one a bit closer and the other further away. The closer one has a magnitude 9.5 comp star and RY Mon is brighter than it. It has a touch of color so it stands oft of the field but I can't label the red. All in all, fairly easy.
Visual Information
Date: 3/12/2018
Time: 09:23 p.m. CDT
From: Brommelsiek
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 4/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 42
Name: W CMa Imaging Information
Con: Cma Image date: 12:00:00 AM
RA: 07 08 03 Image time: 7:46 p.m. CST
DEC: -11 55 23 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 6.4-7.9 Seeing: 7/10
Period: Irr. days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C6(N) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 152427 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 34413 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 54361 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 6.724
Error: 2.5E-2
Description/Comments:
Nothing really distinct in the field to help find W CMA so I'm lucky that this guy was bright enough that I could see some red color in it to find it. There are three stars in the row in the field and this guy is a little bit below the row and easy to find. Lots of comp stars in the field and I'd guess the magnitude 7.3.
Visual Information
Date: 3/12/2018
Time: 09:19 p.m. CDT
From: Brommelsiek
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 4/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 43
Name: R Cmi Imaging Information
Con: Cmi Image date: 12:00:00 AM
RA: 07 08 42 Image time: 7:57 p..m. CST
DEC: +10 01 26 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 7.3-11.6 Seeing: 7/10
Period: 338 days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C7(Csep) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 96548 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 34474 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 54300 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 8.554
Error: 0.01
Description/Comments:
One of the variables I choose to image for the Variable Star Program! A nightmare field with nothing distinctive and nothing jumps out to make R CMI any easier to find. It looks to be about magnitude 9 with no color that I can see.
Visual Information
Date: 3/12/2018
Time: 09:28 p.m. CDT
From: Brommelsiek
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 4/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 44
Name: BM Gem Imaging Information
Con: Gem Image date: 12:00:00 AM
RA: 07 20 59 Image time: 8:07 p.m. CST
DEC: +24 59 58 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 8.3-9.2 Seeing: 7/10
Period: 286 days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C5(Nb) Camera: T2i
Catalog: GSC 1913: 1170 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 35617 ISO 800
HD Desig: TYC 1913-1170-1 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 8.64
Error: 1.8E-2
Description/Comments:
A sparse field with about 25 stars. The AAVSO finder says less than 11 but probably around 10. The one bright star is the field is part of a noticeable triangle of stars. BM Gem is the second in a row of four stars that are fairly dim.
Visual Information
Date: 3/12/2018
Time: 09:07 p.m. CDT
From: Brommelsiek
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 4/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 45
Name: RU Cam Imaging Information
Con: Cam Image date: 12:00:00 AM
RA: 07 21 44 Image time: 8:19 p.m. CST
DEC: +69 40 14 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 8.1-9.8 Seeing: 7/10
Period: 22 days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C0-C3(K0-R0) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 14157 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 35681 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 56167 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 8.535
Error: 0.016
Description/Comments:
There are two stars on the lower left and a string of three in a row in the upper right of the fov. RU Cam is between them. Practicing the Bino Variable Stars estimation with the good comp stars says RU Cam was magnitude 8.7 when viewed. There is a touch of color.
Visual Information
Date: 3/12/2018
Time: 09:33 p.m. CDT
From: Brommelsiek
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 4/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 46
Name: NQ Gem Imaging Information
Con: Gem Image date: 12:00:00 AM
RA: 07 31 54 Image time: 8:29 p.m. CST
DEC: +24 30 12 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 7.4-8.0 Seeing: 7/10
Period: 70 days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C6(R9) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 79474 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 36623 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 59643 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 8.059
Error: 0.019
Description/Comments:
A sparse field with less than 20 stars even though I was looking almost straight up. It looked dimmer than the listed values both here and at the AAVSO…possibly magnitude 9. It is surrounded by a large triangle of stars with a magnitude 8.6 comp star next to it.
Visual Information
Date: 3/12/2018
Time: 09:02 p.m. CDT
From: Brommelsiek
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 4/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 47
Name: RU Pup Imaging Information
Con: Pup Image date: 12:00:00 AM
RA: 08 07 29 Image time: 8:40 p.m. CST
DEC: -22 54 45 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 8.1-11.1 Seeing: 7/10
Period: 425 days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C5(N3) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 175215 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 39751 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 67507 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 8.603
Error: 1.1 E-2
Description/Comments:
Fairly low but almost on the meridian when viewed so it isn't going to get any easier to see. It looked like a tiny red spot in the sparse field. There are no comp stars in the 2 degree AAVSO finder field so purely a guess..magnitude 9.5
Visual Information
Date: 3/12/2018
Time: 09:42 p.m. CDT
From: Brommelsiek
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 4/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 48
Name: X Cnc Imaging Information
Con: Cnc Image date: 12:00:00 AM
RA: 08 55 22 Image time: 8:51 p.m. CST
DEC: +17 13 52 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 5.6-7.5 Seeing: 7/10
Period: 195 days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C5(N3) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 98230 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 43811 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 76221 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 6.809
Error: 0.002
Description/Comments:
A sparse field. Nice and bright in the head of an isoclines triangle. The red color makes it stand out. Probably magnitude 6.3-6.5.
Visual Information
Date: 3/12/2018
Time: 09:37 p.m. CDT
From: Brommelsiek
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 4/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 49
Name: T Cnc Imaging Information
Con: Cnc Image date: 12:00:00 AM
RA: 08 56 40 Image time: 9:01 p.m. CST
DEC: +19 30 56 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 7.6-10.5 Seeing: 7/10
Period: 482 days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C3-C5(R6-N6) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 80524 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 43905 ISO 800
HD Desig: TYC 1397-648-1 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 8.383
Error: 0.024
Description/Comments:
It is at the bottom of a large V of 12 stars that points east and opens to the west. It is about magnitude 8.5 and slightly reddish.
Visual Information
Date: 3/12/2018
Time: 09:40 p.m. CDT
From: Brommelsiek
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 4/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 50
Name: Y Hya Imaging Information
Con: Hya Image date: 12:00:00 AM
RA: 09 51 03 Image time: 9:12 p.m. CST
DEC: -23 01 02 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 6.5-9.0 Seeing: 7/10
Period: 303 days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C5(N3) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 178088 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 48327 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 85495 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 6.715
Error: 0.001
Description/Comments:
Again another surpise as this really stands out of the field. Y Hya was low in the SE when viewed and was bright and red enough that no finder chart was needed. Being so low with a large airmass only ten stars were seen in the field but there's no question as to which Y Hya was. Impressive!
Visual Information
Date: 3/12/2018
Time: 09:47 p.m. CDT
From: Brommelsiek
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 4/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 51
Name: U Hya Imaging Information
Con: Hya Image date: 12:00:00 AM
RA: 10 37 33 Image time: 9:22 p.m. CST
DEC: -13 23 04 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 4.5-6.2 Seeing: 7/10
Period: 450 days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C6.5(N2) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 156110 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 52009 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 92055 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: no comp stars
Description/Comments:
Whoa! This guy is really bright, magnitude 5 or less I'd bet. Low in the SE when viewed but no finder chart is needed. Red and bright.
Visual Information
Date: 3/12/2018
Time: 09:44 p.m. CDT
From: Brommelsiek
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 4/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 52
Name: VY UMa Imaging Information
Con: Uma Image date: 10/17/2017
RA: 10 45 04 Image time: 7:58:32 PM CDT
DEC: +67 24 40 Location: Whiteside
Mag range: 5.9-7.0 Seeing: 7/10
Period: Irr. days Transpcy: 8/10
Type: C6(N0)(N6e) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 15274 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 52577 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 92839 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 6.217
Error: 5.0 E-3
Description/Comments:
So after having some trouble finding some dimmer carbon stars I started to work down through from brightest to the dimmest according to Sky Safari. And this is one of the brightest but later I'll be left with stars that will need an hour + drive. This star was easy to find and see it I can see color, but can't describe it.
Visual Information
Date: 8/19/2017
Time: 09:50 PM CDT
From: Broemmelsiek
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 5/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12"
Eyepiece: 32mm 20mm
Power: 47x 75x
Moon?: none
# 53
Name: V Hya Imaging Information
Con: Hya Image date: 12:00:00 AM
RA: 10 51 37 Image time: 9:45 p.m. CST
DEC: -21 15 00 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 6.5-12.0 Seeing: 7/10
Period: 531 days Transpcy: 4/10
Type: C6-C7 Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 179278 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 53085 ISO 800
HD Desig: Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 7.586
Error: 3.0E-2
Description/Comments:
Only six stars in the degree and a half field, but no doubt which one of them was V Hya. It was a tiny little pinpoint of red. I'd guess magnitude 8.5-9 but no really good comp stars on the AAVSO finder.
Visual Information
Date: 3/12/2018
Time: 09:50 p.m. CDT
From: Brommelsiek
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 4/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 54
Name: SS Vir Imaging Information
Con: Vir Image date: 3/14/2018
RA: 12 25 14 Image time: 3:51 AM CDT
DEC: +00 46 10 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 6.0-9.6 Seeing: 6/10
Period: 364 days Transpcy: 5/10
Type: C6(Ne) Camera: T2i
Catalog: GSC 282:753 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 120212 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 108105 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 6.792
Error: 0.012
Description/Comments:
Really low in the south south eastern sky when viewed. It was the brightest in a field that only had 8 stars. Since it was the only star with any color it has to be the carbon star I want. Possibly magnitude 7.
Visual Information
Date: 3/12/2018
Time: 09:55 p.m. CDT
From: Brommelsiek
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 4/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 55
Name: Y CVn Imaging Information
Con: CVn Image date: 9/23/2017
RA: 12 45 07 Image time: 7:58:38 PM EDT
DEC: +45 26 24 Location: Shenandoah NP
Mag range: 4.8-6.4 Seeing: 5/10
Period: 157 days Transpcy: 8/10
Type: C5(N3) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 44317 Lens: 135mm
HIP Desig: HIP 62223 ISO 400
HD Desig: HD 110914 Exposure: 9 @ 15 sec
Mag measured: 5.112
Error: 5.7E-2
Description/Comments:
And so it begins. This is the first carbon star. La Superba. It was easy to find and the only colored star that I could see in the eyepiece. It looks reddish but to pin a label would be difficult. It is fairly bright and really easy to find because it jumps out of the field. In retrospect, it probably wasn't a good first target because it was so bright leading to expectations that all on the list would be as easy...NOT.
Visual Information
Date: 8/19/2017
Time: 09:06 PM CDT
From: Broemmelsiek
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 5/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12"
Eyepiece: 32mm 20mm
Power: 47x 75x
Moon?: none
# 56
Name: RY Dra Imaging Information
Con: Dra Image date: 9/23/2017
RA: 12 56 25 Image time: 8:07:44 PM EDT
DEC: +65 59 39 Location: Shenandoah NP
Mag range: 6.0-8.0 Seeing: 5/10
Period: 200 days Transpcy: 8/10
Type: C4(N4p) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 15945 Lens: 135mm
HIP Desig: HIP 63152 ISO 400
HD Desig: HD 112559 Exposure: 9 @ 15 sec
Mag measured: 6.665
Error: 4.8 E-2
Description/Comments:
This carbon star is once again fairly easy to find. It is the third brightest star in the field although it was fairly dim. It does have some color but again I can't tell what it is
Visual Information
Date: 8/19/2017
Time: 09:11 PM CDT
From: Broemmelsiek
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 5/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12"
Eyepiece: 32mm 20mm
Power: 47x 75x
Moon?: none
# 57
Name: SAO 157721 Imaging Information
Con: Vir Image date: 3/14/2018
RA: 13 06 24 Image time: 4:02 AM CDT
DEC: -20 03 31 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 8.5-8.5 Seeing: 6/10
Period: ? days Transpcy: 5/10
Type: C2(K5p) Camera: T2i
Catalog: GSC 6118:1194 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 63955 ISO 400
HD Desig: TYC 6118-1194-1 Exposure: 9 @ 15 sec
Mag measured: no comp stars
Description/Comments:
Very low in the east south eastern sky when viewed and only about 15 degrees above the horizon. It was the last carbon star in the program that I needed to view and I waited almost an hour before I got high enough to try. I was tired and cold and wanted to go home so I grabbed it then. There are only six stars in the eyepiece and it is the third brightest. It is between the brightest two and just a touch of color. I'd guess magnitude 8.5.
Visual Information
Date: 3/12/2018
Time: 10:45 p.m. CDT
From: Brommelsiek
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 4/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 58
Name: V CrB Imaging Information
Con: CrB Image date: 9/23/2017
RA: 15 49 31 Image time: 8:23:43 PM EDT
DEC: +39 34 17 Location: Shenandoah NP
Mag range: 6.9-12.6 Seeing: 5/10
Period: 358 days Transpcy: 8/10
Type: C6(N2e) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 64929 Lens: 135mm
HIP Desig: HIP 77501 ISO 400
HD Desig: HD 141826 Exposure: 9 @ 15 sec
Mag measured: 7.057
Error: 3.4E-2
Description/Comments:
This carbon star was very high in the sky when observed but not quite in the dob hole. It is the middle star of three in a row, a little closer to the one on the left vs. the right. I must have caught it at a good time in the cycle since it gets down to mag 12.6 because it was fairly bright.
Visual Information
Date: 8/19/2017
Time: 09:16 PM CDT
From: Broemmelsiek
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 5/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12"
Eyepiece: 32mm 20mm
Power: 47x 75x
Moon?: none
# 59
Name: RR Her Imaging Information
Con: Her Image date: 9/23/2017
RA: 16 04 13 Image time: 8:31:22 PM EDT
DEC: +50 29 56 Location: Shenandoah NP
Mag range: 7.8-12.5 Seeing: 5/10
Period: 240 days Transpcy: 8/10
Type: C5-C8(N0e) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 29781 Lens: 135mm
HIP Desig: HIP 78721 ISO 400
HD Desig: HD 144578 Exposure: 9 @ 15 sec
Mag measured: 8.714
Error: 7.6 E-2
Description/Comments:
I'm in the right field because all the background stars are in the right place. It was a little difficult because of the background light pollution and poor transparency for the evening. I should probably check the light curves to make sure these possible dim ones are at the right time in the cycle.
Visual Information
Date: 8/19/2017
Time: 09:23 PM CDT
From: Broemmelsiek
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 5/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12"
Eyepiece: 32mm 20mm
Power: 47x 75x
Moon?: none
# 60
Name: V Oph Imaging Information
Con: Oph Image date: 9/23/2017
RA: 16 26 43 Image time: 8:41:36 PM EDT
DEC: -12 25 35 Location: Shenandoah NP
Mag range: 7.3-11.6 Seeing: 5/10
Period: 297 days Transpcy: 8/10
Type: C5-C7(N3e) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 159916 Lens: 135mm
HIP Desig: HIP 80550 ISO 400
HD Desig: HD 148182 Exposure: 9 @ 15 sec
Mag measured: 9.654
Error: 6.0 E-2
Description/Comments:
It is worth mentioning that I use voice to text to dictate my ep observations with an Android tablet. It isn't always perfect..." Another damn tough one of the Cincinnati you just really easy store happy either I'm guessing making food 1214 again" or Another dim tough one on the carbon star list. The field is easy to find but the star is really tough. Dim again possibly magnitude 10-12.
Visual Information
Date: 8/19/2017
Time: 09:30 PM CDT
From: Broemmelsiek
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 5/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12"
Eyepiece: 32mm 20mm
Power: 47x 75x
Moon?: none
# 61
Name: SAO 46574 Imaging Information
Con: Her Image date: 9/23/2017
RA: 17 13 31 Image time: 8:51:34 PM EDT
DEC: +42 06 22 Location: Shenandoah NP
Mag range: 7.3-7.7 Seeing: 5/10
Period: ? days Transpcy: 8/10
Type: C3(RU) Camera: T2i
Catalog: GSC 3081: 810 Lens: 135mm
HIP Desig: HIP 84266 ISO 400
HD Desig: HD 156074 Exposure: 9 @ 15 sec
Mag measured: 7.522
Error: 9.0E-3
Description/Comments:
This carbon star was fairly easy to find and see with M92 about a FOV away. It doesn't pop out of the field and brightness is down a bit. I do know I'm in the correct field from the marker stars.
Visual Information
Date: 8/19/2017
Time: 09:33 PM CDT
From: Broemmelsiek
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 5/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12"
Eyepiece: 32mm 20mm
Power: 47x 75x
Moon?: none
# 62
Name: TW Oph Imaging Information
Con: Oph Image date: 9/23/2017
RA: 17 29 43 Image time: 9:01:45 PM EDT
DEC: -19 28 22 Location: Shenandoah NP
Mag range: 7.0-9.0 Seeing: 5/10
Period: 185 days Transpcy: 8/10
Type: C5(Nb) Camera: T2i
Catalog: GSC 6243: 462 Lens: 135mm
HIP Desig: HIP 85617 ISO 400
HD Desig: HD 158377 Exposure: 9 @ 15 sec
Mag measured: 8.106
Error: 2.6E-2
Description/Comments:
The first of the evening but it is already dark. When viewed TW Oph was really low in the SW with lots of airmass. It was above and to the west of Saturn and visible. There is a large triangle of stars and it is just off to the side of the brightest in the group. I can't see any color, but that's not too unusual. Maybe magnitude 9.
Visual Information
Date: 11/15/2017
Time: 6:14:10 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 6/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12"
Eyepiece: 32mm
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 63
Name: SZ Sgr Imaging Information
Con: Sgr Image date: 10/17/2017
RA: 17 44 56 Image time: 8:11:00 PM CDT
DEC: -18 39 26 Location: Whiteside
Mag range: 8.2-9.2 Seeing: 7/10
Period: 73 days Transpcy: 8/10
Type: C7(Nb) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 160795 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 86873 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 161208 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 8.45
Error: 0.012
Description/Comments:
Slightly above and to the east of Saturn in the low southwestern sky when viewed. There weren't too many stars in the eyepiece so it was fairly easy to identify from the AAVSO finder chart. No color was seen.
Visual Information
Date: 11/15/2017
Time: 6:19:13 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 6/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12"
Eyepiece: 32mm
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 64
Name: T Dra Imaging Information
Con: Dra Image date: 9/23/2017
RA: 17 56 23 Image time: 9:20:42 PM EDT
DEC: +58 13 06 Location: Shenandoah NP
Mag range: 7.2-13.5 Seeing: 5/10
Period: 422 days Transpcy: 8/10
Type: C6-C8(N0e) Camera: T2i
Catalog: GSC 3914: 546 Lens: 135mm
HIP Desig: HIP 87820 ISO 400
HD Desig: Exposure: 9 @ 15 sec
Mag measured: 10.506
Error: 5.2 E-2
Description/Comments:
There was a bright magnitude 4 star in the field that made finding this guy easier to find. Moving up in the field mag 6 stars to the left and right and then T Draco. It was really dim and down in the cycle because it was closer to 12 than 10. Imaging note: on top of another variable…bad..not submitted
Visual Information
Date: 11/15/2017
Time: 6:37:46 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 6/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12"
Eyepiece: 32mm
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 65
Name: FO Ser Imaging Information
Con: Ser Image date: 10/17/2017
RA: 18 19 21 Image time: 8:57:45 PM CDT
DEC: -15 36 46 Location: Whiteside
Mag range: 8.5-8.7 Seeing: 7/10
Period: Irr. days Transpcy: 8/10
Type: C4(R6) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 161327 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 89783 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 168227 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 8.627
Error: 4.8E-2
Description/Comments:
With FO Ser just off the center of the field you can see M17 on the southeast side of the ep…pretty cool. It looks to be magnitude 8-9 with some color.
Visual Information
Date: 11/15/2017
Time: 6:43:23 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 6/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12"
Eyepiece: 32mm
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 66
Name: AC Her Imaging Information
Con: Her Image date: 3/14/2018
RA: 18 30 16 Image time: 4:19 AM CDT
DEC: +21 52 00 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 6.9-9.0 Seeing: 6/10
Period: 75 days Transpcy: 5/10
Type: F2plb-K4e) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 86134 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 90967 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 170756 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 7.713
Error: 5.0E-3
Description/Comments:
Yellowish and brighter than expected. There are three stars in a row just above it.
Visual Information
Date: 11/8/2017
Time: 7:11 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 6/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 67
Name: T Lyr Imaging Information
Con: Lyr Image date: 10/12/2017
RA: 18 32 20 Image time: 8:27:07 PM CDT
DEC: +36 59 55 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 7.5-9.3 Seeing: 7/10
Period: Irr. days Transpcy: 6/10
Type: C6(R6) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 67087 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 90883 ISO 800
HD Desig: TYC 2636-1142-1 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 7.857
Error: 0.14
Description/Comments:
Reddish? This star looked brighter than the listed value. There are four stars in a row above it. The two on the ends were brighter than T Lyr and the middle two in the middle were dimmer. This looks like a bright red eye.
Visual Information
Date: 11/8/2017
Time: 7:16 PM CST
From: Brommelsiek
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 6/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 68
Name: HK Lyr Imaging Information
Con: Lyr Image date: 10/12/2017
RA: 18 42 50 Image time: 8:35:32 PM CDT
DEC: +36 57 30 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 7.8-9.6 Seeing: 7/10
Period: Irr. days Transpcy: 6/10
Type: C6(N4) Camera: T2i
Catalog: GSC 2649: 507 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 91774 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 173291 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 7.875
Error: 2.9E-2
Description/Comments:
Yellowish? The Double Double is in the lower left of the field. There are no comp stars anywhere close for an estimate. There's a fairly bright star to the lower right and a curving chain up above it.
Visual Information
Date: 11/8/2017
Time: 7:21 PM CST
From: Brommelsiek
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 6/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 69
Name: S Sct Imaging Information
Con: Sct Image date: 3/14/2018
RA: 18 50 20 Image time: 4;30 AM CDT
DEC: -07 54 27 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 6.3-9.0 Seeing: 6/10
Period: 148 days Transpcy: 5/10
Type: C6(N3) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 142674 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 92442 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 174325 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 7.109
Error: 3.0E-3
Description/Comments:
Bad center?? Yep, RA should be 18 50 20 not 18 58 20 as listed in the AL's data. It is the top left of a five-star V. It's brighter than magnitude 7.3 by comparison to the rest of the stars in the area. It is bright and easy to find.
Visual Information
Date: 11/8/2017
Time: 7:26 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 6/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 70
Name: UV Aql Imaging Information
Con: Aql Image date: 10/12/2017
RA: 18 58 32 Image time: 8:53:51 PM CDT
DEC: +14 21 49 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 8.0 – 9.6 Seeing: 7/10
Period: 386 days Transpcy: 6/10
Type: C5(N4) Camera: T2i
Catalog: GSC 1051:51 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 93158 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 176200 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 8.666
Error: 0.019
Description/Comments:
This is a little bitty colored star in the middle of nowhere. At the edges of the field, there are three bright stars in a big triangle. This guy is in the center. It is probably less than magnitude 9.
Visual Information
Date: 11/8/2017
Time: 7:31 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 6/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 71
Name: V Aql Imaging Information
Con: Aql Image date: 10/12/2017
RA: 19 04 24 Image time: 9:02:41 PM CDT
DEC: -05 41 05 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 6.6-8.4 Seeing: 7/10
Period: 353 days Transpcy: 6/10
Type: C5-C6(N6) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 142985 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 93666 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 177336 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 7.054
Error: 9.0 E-3
Description/Comments:
An easy star hop and easy to find. It is pretty bright (yellowish?) with three good marker stars in the field pointing to verify the position.
Visual Information
Date: 8/19/2017
Time: 10:21 PM CDT
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 5/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 72
Name: V1942 Sgr Imaging Information
Con: Sgr Image date: 10/12/2017
RA: 19 19 09 Image time: 9:11:39 PM CDT
DEC: -15 54 30 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 6.7-7.0 Seeing: 7/10
Period: Irr. days Transpcy: 6/10
Type: C6(N2/R8) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 162465 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 94940 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 180953 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 7.024
Error: 4.0E-3
Description/Comments:
Reddish. The field of view is fairly empty. There is one bright star on either side of it making up a triangle so it is fairly easy to find in the field. It is pretty dim and I'd say less than the listed 7.0
Visual Information
Date: 11/8/2017
Time: 7:34 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 6/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 73
Name: U Lyr Imaging Information
Con: Lyr Image date: 10/12/2017
RA: 19 20 09 Image time: 9:20:56 PM CDT
DEC: +37 52 36 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 8.3 – 13.5 Seeing: 7/10
Period: 452 days Transpcy: 6/10
Type: C4 (N0e) Camera: T2i
Catalog: GSC 3134:1708 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: ISO 800
HD Desig: TYC 3134-1708-1 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 9.909
Error: 0.016
Description/Comments:
I think I saw it. It is without a question the hardest so far this night…nothing is even close. It is very faint in the middle of the screen where it should be. There brighter stars in the field are all where the AAVSO finder chart says they should be and everything points to where I'm looking at a star that fades in and out of view. If transparency were any poorer it wouldn't be possible at all. No color.
Visual Information
Date: 11/8/2017
Time: 7:41 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 6/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 74
Name: UX Dra Imaging Information
Con: Dra Image date: 10/12/2017
RA: 19 21 35 Image time: 9:31:08 PM CDT
DEC: +76 33 34 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 5.9-7.1 Seeing: 7/10
Period: 168 days Transpcy: 6/10
Type: C7(N0) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 9404 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 95154 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 183556 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 6.439
Error: 9.0E-3
Description/Comments:
Fairly easy to find, with fairly bright color. I can't tell what it is but this is one of the better carbon stars of the evening.
Visual Information
Date: 8/19/2017
Time: 10:17 PM CDT
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 5/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 75
Name: NSV 11960 Imaging Information
Con: Aql Image date: 10/12/2017
RA: 19 23 10 Image time: 9:42:20 PM CDT
DEC: -10 42 11 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 7.0 – 7.1 Seeing: 7/10
Period: ? days Transpcy: 6/10
Type: C2 (R0) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 162551 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 95289 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 182040 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 7.853
Error: 5.3 E-2
Description/Comments:
This is the brightest star in the field but there are not many stars there…no comp stars either. The stars in the background look right so I'm sure I'm in the right field. No color was seen.
Visual Information
Date: 11/15/2017
Time: 6:49:00 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 6/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 76
Name: AW Cyg Imaging Information
Con: Cyg Image date: 10/12/2017
RA: 19 28 47 Image time: 9:57:50 PM CDT
DEC: +46 02 38 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 7.1 – 8.5 Seeing: 7/10
Period: 340 days Transpcy: 6/10
Type: C4 (N3) Camera: T2i
Catalog: GSC 3543: 2275 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 95777 ISO 800
HD Desig: TYC 3543-2275-1 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 8.742
Error: 2.5E-2
Description/Comments:
Reddish. It's at least magnitude 10.4 based on AAVSO comp stars on the finder sheet. There are four stars in a row and it is the third dimmest.
Visual Information
Date: 11/8/2017
Time: 7:45 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 6/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 77
Name: AQ Sgr Imaging Information
Con: Sgr Image date: 10/12/2017
RA: 19 34 18 Image time: 10:07:02 PM CDT
DEC: -16 22 27 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 6.6 – 8.5 Seeing: 7/10
Period: 200 days Transpcy: 6/10
Type: C7 (N3) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 162777 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 96255 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 184283 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 6.995
Error: 1.45 E-2
Description/Comments:
Reddish. AW Sgr was very low in the southwest with a large airmass. There are four stars in a broken line. It was the first in the line and third brightest. Because of the high airmass there were not very many stars in the field.
Visual Information
Date: 11/8/2017
Time: 7:48 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 6/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 78
Name: TT Cyg Imaging Information
Con: Cyg Image date: 10/12/2017
RA: 19 40 57 Image time: 10:16:24 PM CDT
DEC: +32 37 05 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 7.0 – 9.1 Seeing: 7/10
Period: 118 days Transpcy: 6/10
Type: C5 (N3e) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 68688 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 96836 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 186047 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 7.614
Error: 3.0E-3
Description/Comments:
Puzzling…the AAVSO finder says a minimum magnitude of 8.0. This says 9.1. Looking at the actual star makes me think less than 11. All the marker stars are right. It is exceedingly faint and the most difficult of the night.
Visual Information
Date: 11/8/2017
Time: 7:54 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 6/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 79
Name: AX Cyg Imaging Information
Con: Cyg Image date: 10/12/2017
RA: 19 57 12 Image time: 10:25:24 PM CDT
DEC: +44 15 40 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 7.9 – 8.8 Seeing: 7/10
Period: Irr. days Transpcy: 6/10
Type: C4 (N6) Camera: T2i
Catalog: GSC 3149: 942 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 98190 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 189256 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 8.448
Error: 3.0 E-2
Description/Comments:
Looking at the field AC Cyg does pop out with some color, but I can't tell what it is. The field was really sparse. I'd estimate it at magnitude 8.4ish.
Visual Information
Date: 11/8/2017
Time: 7:58 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 6/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 80
Name: V1469 Aql Imaging Information
Con: Aql Image date: 10/12/2017
RA: 20 01 03 Image time: 10:34:40 PM CDT
DEC: +09 30 51 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 8.4 – 8.7 Seeing: 7/10
Period: 98 days Transpcy: 6/10
Type: C4 (N0v) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 125356 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 98538 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 189711 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 8.58
Error: 2.5E-2
Description/Comments:
Considering how close it is to Altair it is a bit hard to find. There were not many stars in the field and only two comp stars on the chart. The comps were both far away making an estimate a bit difficult. There were three stars in a long row with this star just off the dimmest of the three. No color at all and dim.
Visual Information
Date: 11/8/2017
Time: 8:04 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 6/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 81
Name: BF Sge Imaging Information
Con: Sge Image date: 10/13/2017
RA: 20 02 23 Image time: 9:18:33 PM CDT
DEC: +21 05 24 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 8.5 – 10.0 Seeing: 6/10
Period: 177 days Transpcy: 5/10
Type: C4 (N3) Camera: T2i
Catalog: GSC 1629: 945 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 98662 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 190048 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 9.566
Error: 9.0E-3
Description/Comments:
Two carbon stars in the field at the same time (BF Sge and X Sge), both with color so they do stand out. BF Sge is to the northeast in the eyepiece while X Sge is to the southwest. Of the two, X Sge is brighter.
Visual Information
Date: 11/8/2017
Time: 8:13 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 6/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 82
Name: X Sge Imaging Information
Con: Sge Image date: 10/13/2017
RA: 20 05 05 Image time: 9:28:04 PM CDT
DEC: +20 38 51 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 7.0 – 9.7 Seeing: 6/10
Period: 196 days Transpcy: 5/10
Type: C6 (N3) Camera: T2i
Catalog: HD 190606 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 98909 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 190606 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 8.777
Error: 2.6E-2
Description/Comments:
Two carbon stars in the field at the same time (BF Sge and X Sge), both with color so they do stand out. BF Sge is to the northeast in the eyepiece while X Sge is to the southwest. Of the two, X Sge is brighter.
Visual Information
Date: 11/8/2017
Time: 8:13 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 6/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 83
Name: SV Cyg Imaging Information
Con: Cyg Image date: 10/13/2017
RA: 20 09 30 Image time: 9:39:18 PM CDT
DEC: +47 52 17 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 8.5 – 8.7 Seeing: 6/10
Period: ? days Transpcy: 5/10
Type: C5 – C7 (N3) Camera: T2i
Catalog: GSC 3563: 462 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 99310 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 191738 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 8.985
Error: 0.012
Description/Comments:
Back from a short walk so I could get warm. I'm guessing about 38 degrees out now. No color, but it was low in the sky. Estimated magnitude 8ish.
Visual Information
Date: 11/8/2017
Time: 8:20 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 6/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 84
Name: RY Cyg Imaging Information
Con: Cyg Image date: 10/13/2017
RA: 20 10 23 Image time: 9:49:31 PM CDT
DEC: +35 56 50 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 8.5 – 10.3 Seeing: 6/10
Period: Irr. days Transpcy: 5/10
Type: C4 – C6 (N) Camera: T2i
Catalog: GSC 2683: 3082 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 191783 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 9.475
Error: 9.0 E-3
Description/Comments:
Dim and visible with only averted vision. Less than magnitude 9.5. No color. It is where the finder charts predict with a fairly bright star making a right angle and pointing towards it.
Visual Information
Date: 11/8/2017
Time: 8:27 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 6/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 85
Name: RS Cyg Imaging Information
Con: Cyg Image date: 10/13/2017
RA: 20 13 23 Image time: 9:58:56 PM CDT
DEC: +38 43 44 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 6.5 – 9.5 Seeing: 6/10
Period: 417 days Transpcy: 5/10
Type: C8 (N0pe) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 69636 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 99653 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 192443 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 8.089
Error: 4.0E-3
Description/Comments:
For no particular reason this guy is tough to find. The marker stars are there and a dim star is where it should be. No color.
Visual Information
Date: 11/8/2017
Time: 8:33 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 6/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 86
Name: RT Cap Imaging Information
Con: Cap Image date: 10/13/2017
RA: 20 17 06 Image time: 10:10:52 PM CDT
DEC: -21 19 04 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 7.0 – 8.1 Seeing: 6/10
Period: 393 days Transpcy: 5/10
Type: C6 (N3) Camera: T2i
Catalog: GSC 6340: 1015 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 99990 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 192737 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 7.367
Error: 0.01
Description/Comments:
Really low in the southwest with lots of airmasss when viewed. There were very few stars in the eyepiece and I could only pick this guy up with averted vision. No color.
Visual Information
Date: 11/8/2017
Time: 8:38 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 6/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 87
Name: U Cyg Imaging Information
Con: Cyg Image date: 10/13/2017
RA: 20 19 36 Image time: 10:34:52 PM CDT
DEC: +47 53 39 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 5.9 – 12.1 Seeing: 6/10
Period: 463 days Transpcy: 5/10
Type: C7 – C9 (Npe) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 49477 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 100219 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 193680 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 8.252
Error: 1.7E-2
Description/Comments:
Tough and what makes it worse is there's a double in the eyepiece that isn't supposed to be there.
Visual Information
Date: 11/8/2017
Time: 8:45 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 6/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 88
Name: V Cyg Imaging Information
Con: Cyg Image date: 10/13/2017
RA: 20 41 18 Image time: 10:44:29 PM CDT
DEC: +48 08 28 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 7.7 – 13.9 Seeing: 6/10
Period: 421 days Transpcy: 5/10
Type: C5 – C7 (Npe) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 49940 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 102082 ISO 800
HD Desig: TYC 3578-3282-1 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 10.913
Error: 0.039
Description/Comments:
Really high in the sky when observed…almost the dob hole and that would have made finding it a pain. It was easy to find with a double towards the north and another star close to it. It is part of a group of four stars and I had to resort to the AAVSO finder chart five times to figure out which one it was. No color.
Visual Information
Date: 11/15/2017
Time: 6:56:40 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 6/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 89
Name: CY Cyg Imaging Information
Con: Cyg Image date: 10/13/2017
RA: 20 46 50 Image time: 10:54:46 PM CDT
DEC: +46 03 06 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 7.9 – 8.4 Seeing: 6/10
Period: ? days Transpcy: 5/10
Type: CS (M2p) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 50053 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 198164 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 8.359
Error: 1.8 E-2
Description/Comments:
Just out of the field from Deneb and west of 55 Cyg. I had to look at the AAVSO finder chart a few times to pick this guy out of the field. Three stars in a chain to one side and 55 Cyg on the other. There were a number of similar brightness stars in the area. No color.
Visual Information
Date: 11/15/2017
Time: 7:03:53 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 6/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 90
Name: SAO 106516 Imaging Information
Con: Del Image date: 10/13/2017
RA: 20 48 36 Image time: 11:05:37 PM CDT
DEC: +17 50 23 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 7.9 – 8.1 Seeing: 6/10
Period: ? days Transpcy: 5/10
Type: C1 (R0) Camera: T2i
Catalog: GSC 1651: 1359 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 102706 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 198269 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 8.318
Error: 9.8 E-3
Description/Comments:
About one field up from the nose of Delphinus the dolphin. There are four stars in a row coming from the left side of the eyepiece. Off the fourth star towards the center, there is a double and this star is the one farthest from the row. It is a bit dim and no color.
Visual Information
Date: 11/15/2017
Time: 7:12:12 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 6/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 91
Name: NSV 13571 Imaging Information
Con: Vul Image date: 10/13/2017
RA: 21 09 59 Image time: 11:16:12 PM CDT
DEC: +26 36 54 Location: Broemmelsiek Park
Mag range: 8.1 – 8.2 Seeing: 6/10
Period: ? days Transpcy: 5/10
Type: C1 (Kp) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 89499 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 104486 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 201626 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 8.222
Error: 2.8E-2
Description/Comments:
This was pretty hard to find…not the field, but within the field itself. SkySafari said magnitude 8, the AAVSO finder chart said Error, I say maybe 9. Faint, no color and hard to find because of lack of good background stars to identify position. Imaging note: can't submit…not in data base
Visual Information
Date: 11/15/2017
Time: 7:21:38 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 6/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 92
Name: S Cep Imaging Information
Con: Cep Image date: 10/17/2017
RA: 21 35 12 Image time: 9:46:45 PM CDT
DEC: +78 37 28 Location: Whiteside
Mag range: 7.4 – 12.9 Seeing: 7/10
Period: 487 days Transpcy: 8/10
Type: C7 (N8e) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 10100 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 106583 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 206362 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 8.871
Error: 5.0E-3
Description/Comments:
Yep…got it with the binos. No color, dime. It was an easy star hop from the top of the Ceph dog house about one field west.
Visual Information
Date: 10/16/2017
Time: 0.91527777778
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 7x50s
Tspcy: 7/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 93
Name: V460 Cyg Imaging Information
Con: Cyg Image date: 10/17/2017
RA: 21 42 01 Image time: 10:07:40 PM CDT
DEC: +35 30 36 Location: Whiteside
Mag range: 5.6 – 7.0 Seeing: 7/10
Period: 180 days Transpcy: 8/10
Type: C6 (N1) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 71613 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 107129 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 206570 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 6.293
Error: 4.0E-3
Description/Comments:
Fairly easy to find and it is the brightest star in the field made it a bit easier. I know I'm going to need to resort to the AAVSO finder charts that I forgot to bring tonight for many of the dimmer objects.
Visual Information
Date: 8/19/2017
Time: 09:56 PM CDT
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 5/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 94
Name: RV Cyg Imaging Information
Con: Cyg Image date: 10/17/2017
RA: 21 43 16 Image time: 10:27:46 PM CDT
DEC: +38 01 02 Location: Whiteside
Mag range: 7.1 – 9.3 Seeing: 7/10
Period: 263 days Transpcy: 8/10
Type: C6 (N5) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 71642 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 107242 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 206750 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 7.905
Error: 0.002
Description/Comments:
Easy to find from 79 Cyg just above it in the field. The reddish color and magnitude 7-8.
Visual Information
Date: 11/15/2017
Time: 7:28:49 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 6/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 95
Name: RX Peg Imaging Information
Con: Per Image date: 10/17/2017
RA: 21 56 22 Image time: 10:37:39 PM CDT
DEC: +22 51 39 Location: Whiteside
Mag range: 7.7 – 9.5 Seeing: 7/10
Period: 629 days Transpcy: 8/10
Type: C4 (N3) Camera: T2i
Catalog: Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: ISO 800
HD Desig: HD208526 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 8.676
Error: 9.0E-3
Description/Comments:
Actually this was kind of hard to find in the field. Down at the bottom there were two brighter stars and a double off to the right. Going up a few more and then a string of six showing the area. RX Peg was the second one in and probably magnitude 9-10 with no color.
Visual Information
Date: 11/15/2017
Time: 7:38:02 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 6/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 96
Name: RZ Peg Imaging Information
Con: Per Image date: 10/17/2017
RA: 22 05 52 Image time: 10:47:44 PM CDT
DEC: +33 30 24 Location: Whiteside
Mag range: 7.6 – 13.6 Seeing: 7/10
Period: 439 days Transpcy: 8/10
Type: C9 (Ne) Camera: T2i
Catalog: GSC 2724: 1872 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 109189 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 209890 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 10.283
Error: 0.016
Description/Comments:
In the same field as pi1 & pi2 Peg to make it easier to find. There is a chain of three magnitude 8ish stars running towards the center of the ep from the left. From the third another three really dim stars go down and to the right. The third is a magnitude 10.7 comp star while the second is the target and even dimmer, barely able to make it out. I'd guess a magnitude 11.5 with no color.
Visual Information
Date: 11/15/2017
Time: 7:46:08 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 6/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 97
Name: RU Aqu Imaging Information
Con: Aqu Image date: 10/17/2017
RA: 23 24 24 Image time: 10:58:41 PM CDT
DEC: -17 19 08 Location: Whiteside
Mag range: 8.5 – 10.1 Seeing: 7/10
Period: 69 days Transpcy: 8/10
Type: C6 (M5e) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 165676 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 115553 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 220515 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 9.556
Error: 3.0E-2
Description/Comments:
Almost directly on the meridian when viewed, but it was still pretty low in the south. It isn't ever going to be any better. The eyepiece was rather sparse with only a few stars, but there was an arc just below RU Aqu making it easy to find. It was probably magnitude 10.5-11.0, very dim with no color.
Visual Information
Date: 11/15/2017
Time: 7:55:48 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 6/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 98
Name: ST And Imaging Information
Con: And Image date: 10/17/2017
RA: 23 38 45 Image time: 11:08:54 PM CDT
DEC: +35 46 21 Location: Whiteside
Mag range: 7.7 – 11.8 Seeing: 7/10
Period: 328 days Transpcy: 8/10
Type: C4 – C6 (R3e) Camera: T2i
Catalog: GSC 2778: 765 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 116681 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 222241 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 9.114
Error: 6.0E-3
Description/Comments:
Tiny but right in the center of the field. Color yellow? Five in a line above with two below.
Visual Information
Date: 11/8/2017
Time: 7:01 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 7/10
Tspcy: 6/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 99
Name: TX Psc Imaging Information
Con: Psc Image date: 10/17/2017
RA: 23 46 23 Image time: 11:18:55 PM CDT
DEC: +03 29 12 Location: Whiteside
Mag range: 4.8 – 5.2 Seeing: 7/10
Period: Irr. days Transpcy: 8/10
Type: C7 (N0) Camera: T2i
Catalog: SAO 128374 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 117245 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 223075 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 5.023
Error: 3.0E-3
Description/Comments:
At long last an easy one. I'd guess magnitude 5.5. With a fairly sparse field in the eyepiece this guy jumped out of with a reddish color.
Visual Information
Date: 11/15/2017
Time: 8:00:14 P.M. CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 6/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
# 100
Name: SAO 128396 Imaging Information
Con: Psc Image date: 10/17/2017
RA: 23 49 05 Image time: 11:27:57 PM CDT
DEC: +06 22 56 Location: Whiteside
Mag range: 8.5 – 8.8 Seeing: 7/10
Period: ? days Transpcy: 8/10
Type: C3 (R3) Camera: T2i
Catalog: GSC 592: 649 Lens: 300mm
HIP Desig: HIP 117467 ISO 800
HD Desig: HD 223393 Exposure: 9 @ 30 sec
Mag measured: 8.735
Error: 3.0E-3
Description/Comments:
When I got to the field I asked myself "where are all the stars?" The field was really sparse with only 10 visible in the entire 1.5-degree view. The third brightest was a bit reddish and had to be my target. Probably magnitude 8-9.Imaging note: only 1 comp star, not reported
Visual Information
Date: 11/15/2017
Time: 08:05:21 PM CST
From: Broemmelsiek Park
Seeing: 6/10
Tspcy: 6/10
Scope: SkyWatcher 12" dob
Eyepiece: 32mm AT
Power: 45x
Moon?: none
Nightly Reports:
8/19/2017 Weather wise a nice night with temperatures in the low 70s/high 60s. Transparency was off and I paid the price because dimmer carbon stars were difficult to pick up in the field. I learned that I probably needed to resort to AAVSO finder charts and it turns out that I had them on my tablet, but just didn't know they were there. Originally I planned to image at the same time but my PC stick computer didn't connect to my wireless network (which I will work on) so I abandoned that plan. I'll pick up the missed carbon stars the next time I'm out. Since the dimmer stars didn't jump out of the eyepiece with the poor sky, I resorted to calling the evening a learning experience, and after a few dim stars I concentrated on brighter ones that were up in the sky at the time. I'll pay for that later, but I was able to work out some plans to make finding things easier in the future (finder charts, no text to voice, use my laptop and not tablet). Since the actual carbon star is pretty much the same in both the 32mm and 20mm eps I'll probably just use the 32mm because of the larger 1.5ish degree FOV...little is to be gained by using the 20mm.
9/23/2017 Imaging from "The Point" turnoff on Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park. I experimented with using a 135mm lens on the T2i. Imaging went well but the FOV is just too wide for success with VPhot. Lights in the Shenandoah Valley below were sparkling but the sky was fairly steady at my higher altitude. Temperatures in the 60s.
10/12/2017 Imaging at Broemmelsiek went well. Three of us were at the park…two imagers and a visual guy. I got a bit chilly and ended up wrapped in a blanket while sitting in my chair.
10/13/2017 Imaging during a Friday Night Open House (FNOH) at Broemmelsiek Park. Things worked well and I had no problems with the setup. I spent a good deal of time talking with Larry Campbell and visitors. Larry and I have the same SkyWatcher dobs.
10/16/2017 Glorious night except for the hardware. A bad battery meant that I could either image or view so I picked imaging. Around midnight a pier flip and then plate solve caused my camera to bind against the mount. Rather than try to fix things in the dark I just shut down for the night and headed home. I was the only person at Whiteside and it was most peaceful. I got some binocular viewing in too on the Solar System and Galileo bino programs. I spent some time in the minivan wrapped in a blanket to keep the chill off while the camera banged away.
11/08/2017 Nice night. Clear and the first cold (30s) night I've been out this year. The end of DST the prior weekend means that I can get out and observe for three hours and still be home by 10 p.m. I left my AAVSO finder charts at home and had to use the tablet to get them on the go. Everything worked fairly well tonight with few problems once I got the scope connected to the tablet. I only used one eyepiece, the 32mm. The same two guys who were out on 10/12/2017 were there tonight again.
11/15/2017 First clear night in a while. Transparency was poor and seeing was OK. The temperature started in the 50s and fell to the high 30s by the time I packed up and left.
1/27/2018 More than two months missed. First a never-ending cold from my grandson over Thanksgiving, then clouds, then single-digit cold, then more clouds but finally a night that I could get out. Temperatures were in the lower 40s to upper 30s, with poor transparency due to particulates illuminated by the 9ish day-old moon. It had been so long since the last session that I'd almost forgotten how to use the PC Stick and for an unknown reason I was only getting on average 5 images per hour. The good news was no dew or frost and good company for a few hours.
2/12/2018 Cold and windy with wind chill in the teens. There were five of us at the park and I think I was the only one of us that wasn't miserable. I cheated…I imaged from the parking lot and hid in my minivan under blankets. Hardware problems for the first two hours...SGP refused to plate solve. Eventually, it started working and it ran flawlessly until midnight when my camera's battery pooped out (note: it is an external battery).
2/17/2018 Cold but no wind. Much nicer than the last time out. I had some initial problems with various hardware connections, but once I checked all the USB and network connections I got everything connected. Once started, everything worked flawlessly. I stopped at about 9:45 p.m. since the next object wouldn't be in a position to image until midnight. I'll need a 3 a.m. call to get the final four objects via imaging for photometry. Maybe next week if the weather is decent.
2/25/2018 Chilly, but never really cold. A visual night with a moon bright enough to cast a shadow on the ground. Four other observers at the park complained that DSOs were terrible but carbon stars for me showed up OK in the eyepiece. A nice night for February.
3/12/2018 The final night for the visual of the carbon stars. The sky has been terrible for weeks and while not great, tonight it was OK. Seeing DSOs would have been tough since I could only see 3 stars in UMi, but it presented no problem for carbon stars. Cold and windy early, but the wind died down after dark and I had enough layers (5) to make sure I kept warm as long as I had my hat and gloves. Nobody else was at the park and it was a good working night. I did have to wait around for an hour to get the last object..paying for problems last August. All equipment worked well and my tablet connected to the AAVSO website for finder charts without any problems. Three cars drove through the parking lot but no disturbance from working. I did pause for an Iridium flare at about 9 p.m. Clouds started building to the west and south by 10:30 p.m. I'm glad I didn't plan to image the final four carbon stars tonight because by the time I got home around midnight, it was fairly cloudy.
3/14/2018 I went out to the park at 2:30 a.m., and no surprise that nobody else was there. My first task of the night was to view a Ganymede eclipse around 3 a.m. Once that was done I set up and imaged the final four carbon stars without any difficulties while I hid in the car. There was a slight wind and the temperatures were in the high 20s. No moon, but the transparency was still poor.
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