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CCD Images - Session 476 (2011-07-14)

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Bullet SS Cyg -variable star
Bullet Variable Stars
Bullet Photometric Monitoring - Variables
- RX And, U And, Z And, R CrB, CY Cyg, S Cyg, SS Cyg, BL Lac, DY Per, GK Per, FG Sge, U Sge, V Sge 
Bullet Astrometric Monitoring - Nearby Stars
- Ross 248 (HH And), Barnards Star, 61 Cyg, Gliese 412, Groombridge 34, Groombridge 1830
- Late Night session (2.0 hrs), Excellent Seeing.
Full Moon, NLC in northern sky.
- Session operated under semi-automated control, with remote monitoring from indoors computer. 
- Ambient Temperature: 4.5 deg C (minimum) 
- CCD operation -20 degC (at 60% average cooling).  
- main objectives of the session was to acquire images of selected project stars for ongoing photometric analysis , following 2 month observing break.

SS Cyg - variable star

SS Cyg (Cygnus)
Example of image from session showing excellent seeing (FWHM ~ 2 arc sec )

Image
CCD Image (cropped)
5 sec exposure (single frame), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2011-07-14 00:27 h UT  (#476054)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

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