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Epsilon Aurigae. College of San Mateo Science Center & Planetarium. Lunar eclipse 10-27-07. Imaging: Deep sky Planetary Photometry Spectroscopy Video. Equipment: Losmandy G-11 -excellent tracking. 8”SCT @f/6.3 -good signal -5 min. exp.
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Epsilon Aurigae
College of San Mateo Science Center & Planetarium Lunar eclipse 10-27-07
Imaging: Deep sky Planetary Photometry Spectroscopy Video
Equipment: Losmandy G-11-excellent tracking. 8”SCT @f/6.3-good signal-5 min. exp. ST7-XME CCD-SGS matched, guide chip.SBIG-SGS -1.06 A/pix x765. -Oriented E/W
Software: TheSky 6-accurate mount control CCDSoft-image acquisition Maxim DL-image reduction (darks) Iris, Vspec, IRAF-spectra processing
Calibration spectra: Blue=mercury 4358, px. 236 Red=neon 6402, px. 332(SGS micrometer) Exp.=Merc=180s Neon=90s(autodarks)
Imaging: 2 Stars: eps Aur & HR1544 ConnectST7 SyncSky6 Focusmanual Calibrateguider Testexposure
Imaging: 1st calibration spectra:red or blue. Image 1st star: eps Aur or 1544, 5 min. Slew/image 2nd star: same wavelength. 2nd cal. spectra:re-image both stars. All images: x2 Dark frames: x10
Processing: IRAF Starting point for analysis: Raw eps Aur / red. Intensity level vs. pixel number.
Processing: IRAF Raw HR1544 / red. Standard star, used to flux calibrate eps Aur. -Taken the same night.
Processing: IRAF Flux calibrated epsilon Aurigae in red. Intensity vs. wavelength.
Magnified view of the hydrogen alpha line of Almaaz. March 30, 2009
“Epsilon Aurigae - A Spectral Investigation.” Summer 2009 Citizen Sky Workshop