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Dr Paul Leyland
ParticipantSince writing that GC article, I have discovered that another GC has been added to the zoo: Minni 22 which is located at 17:48:51.4 -33:03:40. It is quite small, with a half-light radius of 1.1 arcmin, and in a very crowded part of the Milky Way in Scorpius. This is why it went undiscovered until 2018. As it happens, it is well placed here for tonight and as long as clouds don’t intervene I intend to have a go. By the looks of the DSS images, I don´t expect it to look like anything other than a MW star field but hope to pick up some of the stars mentioned in the discovery paper https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/aadd06/pdf
Won’t be easy, but we do these things not because they are easy but because they are hard.
Dr Paul Leyland
ParticipantBack up to 7.526V (0.007) on August 30.875
Last night’s oservations were hindered by cloud and not yet analysed.
Dr Paul Leyland
ParticipantDec is fine from here in LP but whether the sky is clear is another matter. The rainy season is beginning and there is thick cloud tonight.
26 August 2022 at 4:56 pm in reply to: A gravitationally lensed supernova SN 2022qmx at z=0.35 #612144Dr Paul Leyland
ParticipantSome crude photometry has now been done. For comparisons 100 stars within 2 arcminutes of 2022qmx were searched in Gaia EDR3; their positions, G magnitudes and errors therein were saved. These and 2022qmx were analyzed with APT 2.8.2
The magnitude at JD 2459817.361, aka 2022-08-25 20:40 UT, is reported as 20.02 (0.02).
Crude, because my images were unfiltered but have been shown to be a decent match to Gaia G by and large.
26 August 2022 at 1:20 am in reply to: A gravitationally lensed supernova SN 2022qmx at z=0.35 #612138Dr Paul Leyland
ParticipantAnd here is mine. About an hour in total unfiltered. Extremely crude stacking. I am sure a much better image will become available.
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25 August 2022 at 10:41 pm in reply to: A gravitationally lensed supernova SN 2022qmx at z=0.35 #612132Dr Paul Leyland
ParticipantStill there. Imaging it right now. Eyeball guess is about 19.0 mag but there is a chance that I may have confused the star with a neighboring EDR3 entry of similar magnitude. Precise measurement should clear it up tomorrow.
Pictures to follow.
Paul
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ParticipantThanks. I have the GIMP and have used it in the past for minor image manipulation but never thought of using it for making animated GIFs.
I will give it a try but find its complexity and learning curve intimidating. 8-(
Dr Paul Leyland
ParticipantPaul,
I think that PIPP, designed for lucky imaging crowd, can do animated gifs. The creator says it can be enjoyed with WINE.
https://sites.google.com/site/astropipp/
David
Thank you, I will check it out.
The reason for my request is now public at https://britastro.org/observations/observation.php?id=20220819_140838_474d0d65ddd59b61
Paul
Dr Paul Leyland
ParticipantWhat a coincidence, I have just been looking at JWST! Pictures to follow.
Dr Paul Leyland
ParticipantThe “blue belt” is also known as the “Earth shadow”. It can be very impressive at times.
The “belt of Venus” corresponds to the red shades seen towards the opposite direction in the sky. It comes from back scattered red light.Dr Paul Leyland
ParticipantLooks like it came down near Borneo.
If so, I hope the local authorities issue the Chinese with a fine for littering.
Dr Paul Leyland
ParticipantPlease keep up observing and the pattern matching.
It seems very likely to me that outbursts are somewhat predictable, it is just that we don’t yet know how to predict them with much reliability.
Dr Paul Leyland
ParticipantImplementation: extra mass, cost, complexity and failure modes all have to be weighed against the benefits of adding them.
Not worth it, in other words.
Dr Paul Leyland
ParticipantOh no, not again. You can not be Sirius!
Get your popcorn ready. This should be entertaining when the other astrophysicists start laying into it. (Though the claimed 5.1σ is interesting.)
Dr Paul Leyland
ParticipantI found that but haven’t reported it. Earlier today I found some broken image links, which I have reported. You may wish to check the links in your own pages.
12 July 2022 at 5:09 pm in reply to: Public release of JWST’s first images and spectra – July 12 #611412Dr Paul Leyland
ParticipantTLDR:
Oh my God! It’s full of galaxies!
Water, water every where but nor any drop to drink.
An elliptical galaxy is almost invisible because it doesn’t have any dust.
Two stars in a ring nebula: you can not be Sirius!
Galaxies sneak into the zone of avoidance when they though no-one was looking.Dr Paul Leyland
ParticipantWow! Even the particle physicist start talking about possible discoveries at that significant.
Dr Paul Leyland
ParticipantThanks Alan.
Is it on-line or on-paper only?
I will go looking for it.Paul
Added in edit: found it on-line.
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ParticipantAlan, please do!
Paul
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ParticipantNow to track down the Patent number …
I have not yet found the patent in the WIPO database but this link turned up
Looks like my telescope may well be from the Royal Navy. If so, it would be nice to find out which ship to which it was fitted.
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