Objects

Session Notes

C/2009 P1 (Garradd) - Comet C/2009 P1 Garradd attempt (failed due to cloud) Variable Stars Photometric Monitoring - Variables - RX And, R CrB, SS Cyg, AM Her, U Her - CI Cyg, BL Lac CY Lyr attempts (failed due to cloud) Astrometric Monitoring - Nearby Stars  None

- Evening session (1.2 hrs), cut short by cloud and wind - Session operated under semi-automated control, with remote monitoring from indoors computer.    - Ambient Temperature: 7.0 deg C (minimum) climbing to 8 degC (cloud) - CCD operation -25 degC (at 78% average cooling).   - main objective of the session was to acquire images of selected project stars for ongoing photometric analysis and image certain challenge & gallery objects -