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Wed/Thu, June 19/20, 2002

Temperature was +15C to +14C, only one mosquito all night! There were a few clouds during polar alignment again, and again the sky cleared in time for imaging. Tonight was a duplicate of last night, weather-wise.

I imaged IC1276, NGC6712, and NGC 7006 since the first quarter moon was blasting away in the western sky. During the short time between moonset and the start of astronomical twilight, I imaged NGC7678 in Pegasus, including the current supernova there, SN2002dp.

While the 7006 images were accumulating, I single-handedly moved the 17.5" scope out of the living room and wheeled it around to the back. There was one pedestrian out on the local street; I wonder what he was thinking when he saw me bring this monster telescope out the front door and wheel it around the house?! The police didn't arrive, so I assume he didn't think it was too unusual... After some adjustment of the secondary mirror, I observed a few deep sky objects, including SN2002dp.

See July 9/10 session notes for a later image of SN2002dp.

IC 1276* 1½ minutes (3 x 30s)
NGC 6712* 23 minutes (46 x 30s)
NGC 7006* 16½ minutes (33 x 30s)
NGC 7678 & SN2002dp* 1½ minutes (3 x 30s)
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