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May 2004

Overview

I imaged with the SXV-H9 and SXV-H9C this month, taking lots of "pretty pictures."

This month's session notes (for May 10/11 and May 19/20) are below the overview section.

Monthly Statistics, May 2004
Night Imaging
Time (s)		 Exposure
Time (s)		 #
Targets		 #
Exposures
5/10/04 0 0 0 0
5/11/04 23651 12970 20 452
5/16/04 23213 10110 6 240
6/19/04 10819 7350 39 245
3 nights 57683
(16.02 hr)		 30430
(8.45 hr)		 65 937

Temperature Chart

Session Notes

Mon/Tue, May 10/11, 2004

I observed Comet C/2001 Q4 (NEAT) at dusk low in the west with 7x50mm binoculars from St. Lawrence St. (there was a low spot on the horizon between two houses).

Wed/Thu, May 19/20, 2003

I imaged tonight with the SXV-H9 (mono) binned 2x2. Early on I had a problem: light frames that looked like dark frames. Turns out the scope was pointing into the dome because I had set ECU to GMT - 4.0 hrs (should have been 5!). Once I fixed this, everything was OK again (previously I had a similar problem due to a daylight savings flag in the TI DigitalDomeWorks software). By this time unfortunately, I missed out on M68 and M83 (which I've never had a chance to image). 41 objects were imaged for ECU. While I was imaging IC1295 (a faint planetary) thin cloud moved in, ending the session (I did dark/bias frames before going to bed).