Carbon Stars (Photos 1 – 25)
Key To Photo Listings:
AL Program Number / Object Name (Plate Solve Name) /
Date / Time (UTC) / Telescope ID / Comments
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1. WZ Cas (HD 5235) / October 14, 2021 / 21:30 UTC / Canary 1
2. SU And (HD 225217) / October 15, 2021 / 21:30 UTC / Canary 1
3. SAO 109003 (HD 16) / Chile 2 / September 25, 2021 / 03:25 UTC / The solve only identified one star — the target carbon star. But the frame also shows the star BD +08 5171 (red arrow), the feint galaxy PGC 465 (blue arrow), and the feint galaxy PGC 1351134 (orange arrow).
4. VX And (HD 1546) / October 16, 2021 / 21:50 UTC / Canary 1 (Please excuse the light track!)
5. AQ And (HD 2342) / Chile 2 / October 11, 2021 / 04:50 UTC
6. NSV 15196 = SAO 74353 (HD 5223) / September 25, 2021 / 04:00 UTC / Chile 2
7. W Cas (HD 5235) / November 30, 2021 / 21:15 UTC / Canary 1
8. Z Psc (HD 7561) / October 6, 2021 / 03:40 UTC / Chile 2 / The solve only identified two stars. Another interesting star in the field is a Tycho Double Star catalog entry, TDS 1816 (red arrow).
9. V Ari (HD 13826) / September 21, 2021 / 04:10 UTC / Chile 2
10. SAO 129989 (HD 16115) / September 25, 2021 / 04:10 UTC / Chile 2 / The most prominent feature in the frame is not the carbon star, but NGC 988, a mag 10.5 spiral galaxy.
11. UY And (HD 16326) / October 6, 2021 / 05:20 UTC / Chile 2 / The most conspicuous item in the field is not the carbon star, but rather the mag 8.6 galaxy NGC 1023.
12. V623 Cas (HD 19557) / October 14, 2021 / 20:40 UTC / Canary 1
13. Y Per (HD 21280) / December 14, 2021 / 1:40 UTC / Canary 1
14. V466 Per (HD 232820) / December 15, 2021 / 2:10 UTC / Canary 1
15. U Cam (HD 22611) / October 13, 2021 / 01:25 UTC / Canary 1
16. UV Cam ( HD 25408 ) / October 13, 2021 / 01:25 UTC / Canary 1
17. XX Cam (HD 25878) / October 13, 2021 23:40 UTC / Canary 1
18. ST Cam (HD 30243) / October 14, 2021 / 02:50 UTC / Canary 2
19. TT Tau (HD 30755) / October 11, 2021 / 05:05 UTC / Chile 2
20. R Lep (SAO 150058) / September 23, 2021 / 01:35 UTC / Chile 2 / The solve overwrote two annotations. R Lep is also know as “Hind’s Crimson Star,” which his listed on the solved photo.
21. EL Aur (HD 32088) / October 14, 2021 / 02:25 UT / Canary 2
22. W Ori (HD 32736) / October 5, 2021 / 04:35 UTC / Chile 1 / The solve only noted two stars. Prominent in the frame are also HD 287494 (blue arrow), HD 287495 (red arrow), and a nice double star, HD 287498 (yellow arrow).
23. TX Aur (HD 33016) / November 15 / 22:07 UTC / Canary 1
24. SY Eri (HD 33404) / October 5, 2021 / 04:57 UTC / Chile 2
25. UV Aur (HD 34842) / October 17, 2021 / 23:00 UTC / Canary 1
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