September 2018 – Page 2 – Crayford Manor House Astronomical Society Dartford

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The society run an 'almost automated' meteor camera, if you want to be part of the meteor team checking the results every morning then please speak to the coordinator - Janice.

A total of 535 Meteors were captured, with 340 of them being Perseid meteors. Below is a video of the 20 brightest meteors during August.

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Summary of the report sent to the Nematode meteor group.

Perseid2018Summary

The Nematode group were able to match 11 of our meteors with observations from other observers in the group producing these orbits.

Perseid orbits 2018[3450]

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Globular Cluster, M53, NGC5024

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Messier 53 (also known as NGC 5024) is a globular cluster in the Coma Berenices constellation. It was discovered by Johann Elert Bode in 1775. M53 is one of the more outlying globular clusters, being about 60,000 light-years away from the Galactic Centre, and almost the same distance (about 58,000 light-years) from the Solar system.

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Open Cluster, M52, NGC7654

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Messier 52 (also known as NGC 7654) is an open cluster in the Cassiopeia constellation. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1774. M52 can be seen from Earth with binoculars.

Close by is also the bubble nebula

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The Whirlpool galaxy, M51, NGC5194

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The Whirlpool Galaxy (also known as NGC 5194) is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy located at a distance of approximately 23 million light-years in the constellation Canes Venatici. It is one of the most famous spiral galaxies in the sky. The galaxy and its companion (NGC 5195) are easily observed by amateur astronomers, and the two galaxies may even be seen with binoculars. The Whirlpool Galaxy is also a popular target for professional astronomers, who study it to further understand galaxy structure (particularly structure associated with the spiral arms) and galaxy interactions.

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The Beehive Cluster, M44, NGC2632

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The Beehive Cluster (also known as Praesepe (Latin for "manger"), M44, NGC 2632, or Cr 189) is an open cluster in the constellation Cancer. It is one of the nearest open clusters to the Solar System, and it contains a larger star population than most other nearby clusters. Under dark skies the Beehive Cluster looks like a nebulous object to the naked eye; thus it has been known since ancient times. The classical astronomer Ptolemy called it "the nebulous mass in the breast of Cancer," and it was among the first objects that Galileo studied with his telescope.

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De Mairan’s Nebula, M43, NGC1982

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Messier 43 (also known De Mairan's Nebula, and NGC 1982) is an H II region in the Orion constellation. It was discovered by Jean-Jacques Dortous de Mairan before 1731. The De Mairan's Nebula is part of the Orion Nebula, separated from the main nebula by a lane of dust. It is part of the much larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex.

M43 is in many of our images of M42

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Triangulum galaxy, M33, NGC598

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The Triangulum Galaxy (also known as NGC 598) is a spiral galaxy approximately 3 million light-years away in the constellation Triangulum. The galaxy is also sometimes informally referred to as the Pinwheel Galaxy by some amateur astronomy references and in some public outreach websites. However, the SIMBAD Astronomical Database, a professional astronomy database that contains formal designations for astronomical objects, indicates that the name "Pinwheel Galaxy" is used to refer to Messier 101, and several other amateur astronomy resources and other public outreach websites also identify Messier 101 by that name. It is the third largest galaxy in the Local Group, a group of galaxies that also contains the Milky Way Galaxy and the Andromeda Galaxy, and it may be a gravitationally bound companion of the Andromeda Galaxy. The Pisces Dwarf (LGS 3), one of the small Local Group member galaxies, is possibly a satellite of Triangulum.

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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="746"] M33CMHADS360s Image by CMHASD Members. 16" LX200. Total of 360s unfiltered[/caption]

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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="240"] Image by Leigh Slomer Messier 33 The Triangulum Galaxy is a Galaxy in the constellation of Triangulum. This was a quick capture, taken amongst the fireworks in the run up to Guy Fawkes Night.[/caption]

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The Andromeda Galaxy, M31, NGC224

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The Andromeda Galaxy (also known as M31, or NGC 224 and often referred to as the Great Andromeda Nebula) is a spiral galaxy approximately 2.5 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. It is the nearest spiral galaxy to our own, the Milky Way. As it is visible as a faint smudge on a moonless night, it is one of the farthest objects visible to the naked eye, and can be seen even from urban areas with binoculars.

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Images by Leigh Slomer

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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="800"] M31 - Leight Slomer20200826_205920 Image by Leigh Slomer Stacked from 30 x 2 minute light frames at ISO 1600 with 20 dark and 64 flat frames. Taken using a Skywatcher Evostar 72ed Pro telescope, a Canon Eos 250d astro modified dslr and a CLS filter. Mounted on a Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro mount, unguided. Stacked with Deep Sky Stacker and processed in GIMP.[/caption]

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Images by Julian Tworek

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Images by Martin Crow

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Images by Honor Wheeler

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The Eagle Nebula, M16, NGC6611

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The Eagle Nebula (also known as M16 or NGC 6611), perhaps one of the most famous and easily recognized space objects, is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens, discovered by Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux in 1745-46. It is associated with a diffuse emission nebula, or H II region, which is catalogued as IC 4703. This region of active current star formation is about 7,000 light-years distant. The brightest star in the nebula has an apparent magnitude of 8.24, easily visible with good binoculars.

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Images by Debra Holton

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Images by Andrew Wilson

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Globular Cluster, M15, NGC7078

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Globular Cluster M15 (also known as NGC 7078) is a globular cluster in the constellation Pegasus. It was discovered by Jean-Dominique Maraldi in 1746 and included in Charles Messier's catalogue of comet-like objects in 1764. It is estimated to be 13.2 billion years old, one of the oldest globular clusters.

M15 is at a distance of about 33,600 light-years from Earth. It has an absolute magnitude of -9.2 which translates to a total luminosity of 360,000 times that of the Sun. Messier 15 is one of the most densely packed globulars known in the Milky Way galaxy.

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