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Session Notes

Photometric Monitoring - Variables - RX And, Z And, CI Cyg, SS Cyg, AM Her, CY Lyr, - TimeSeries TrES-3 Astrometric Monitoring - Nearby Stars

- Evening session (4.4 hr).  - Operated under semi-automated control with remote monitoring - Ambient Temperature:  Initially 4.0 degC falling to 0.5 degC minimum - CCD operation -25 degC (at 60% average cooling).   - main objective of the session was to record a time-series of TRES-3 with the hope of detecting transit of exoplanet TrES3b. Whilst a time series was captured the sky conditions compromised the quality of the dataset - opportunity taken at beginning of session to acquire images of key selected stars for ongoing photometric and astrometric analysis.