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CCD Images - Session 260 (2008-02-04)

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Objects Session Notes
Bullet NGC 1259 - Spiral Galaxy with Supernova 2008L
Bullet 17P/Holmes - Comet
Bullet HIP 41571 - G2V Star
Bullet Astrometric & Photometric Monitoring
- U And, W And (mira variables)
- BL Lac (Blazar)
- RX And, Z And, DY Per  (variables)



- Late evening session (2.2hr)
- CCD operation of -20 degC (at 61% average cooling). 
- main objective was to acquire images of certain selected stars for ongoing photometric, in particular Z And and RX And. 

NGC 1259 - Spiral Galaxy with Supernova 2008L

NGC 1259 with SN 2008L (Lynx)
2008L (Type 1a) was discovered 2008/01/14.499 by Yasuhide Fujita
Magnitude at discovery was  +18.7 (C filter), but has climbed to a peak of ~ +14.8 (C)
(Rochester Supernova site | Discovery Image | Alt Image by Joaquín Sánchez | Reference Image)

Image 
Annotated CCD Image 
5  x 120s exposure (av. combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2008-02-05 00:38h UT (#260056-60)
 
NGC 1259, NGC 1260 and surrounding galaxies (Lynx)
Image 
Annotated CCD Image 
(Image details as above)

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17P/Holmes - Comet

Comet 17P/Holmes  - passing through starfield in Perseus
Central Coma much faded (Feb 2008)

 Image
CCD Image 
3  x 90s exposure (av. combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2008-02-05 00:58h UT (#260074-76)

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HIP 41571 - G2V Star

HIP 41571  (Lynx)
Image
Annotated CCD Image 
20s exposure, 2x2 binning, C Filter
2008-02-05 01:22h UT (#260086)
 

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Astrometric and Photometric Monitoring

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