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Objects Session Notes
144P/Kushida - Comet 116P/Wild - Comet Astrometric & Photometric Monitoring - SS Cyg (dwarf nova)
- U And, W And (mira)
- BL Lac (blazar)
- FO And, RX And, Eps Aur, Zet Aur, HR Aur, CI Cyg, U Mon, RU Peg, DY Per, GK Per (variables)
- 61 Cyg, Grooombridge 34 (nearby stars)
Teegarden's Star, CN Ori, RR Tau (failed due to poor transparency/cloud)
- Late evening session (4.9 hrs), operated under automated control - Ambient Temperature -4 degC, rising to -1 degC as cloud developed. - CCD operation -30 degC (at 68% average cooling). - main objective of the session was to acquire images of key selected stars for ongoing photometric and astrometric analysis. - opportunity taken to acquire images of a mag +10 comet
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144P/Kushida |
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Annotated CCD Image 3 x 120s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2009-01-02 20:59 h UT (#337045-47) |
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Images showing 1.1 arc min motion of
144P/Kushida over |
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CCD Image Animation (2 frames) 3 x 120s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 1) 2009-01-02 20:59 h UT (#337045-47) 2) 2009-01-02 22:39 h UT (#337123-25) |
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Earlier image of 144P/Kushida -
2008-11-27 |
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Annotated CCD Image 3 x 120s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2008-11-27 23:42 h UT (#326084-86) |
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116P/Wild |
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Annotated CCD Image 3 x 120s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2009-01-02 23:05 h UT (#337141-43) |
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116P/Wild - detail |
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Negative CCD Image (200%, cropped) Image details as above |
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Images collected for Astrometric Monitoring
of Nearby Stars Project
Images collected for Photometric Monitoring of Variable Stars
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| Last Updated : | 2015-05-16 |
| Site Owner : | David Richards |
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