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CCD Images - Session 489 (2011-12-07)

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Bullet Kepler 22 - Star (host star to exoplanet Kepler-22b)
Bullet Variable Stars
Bullet Photometric Monitoring - Variables
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Bullet Astrometric Monitoring - Nearby Stars
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- Short Evening session (0.4 hrs), cut short by wind / poor seeing
- Session operated under semi-automated control, with remote monitoring from indoors computer.   
- Ambient Temperature: 0.0 deg C (minimum) 
- CCD operation -30 degC (at 59% average cooling).  
- main objective of the session was to acquire images of
Kepler 22 (the host star to exoplanet Kepler-22b which has been in the news in Dec 2011)
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Kepler 22 - Star (host star to exoplanet Kepler-22b)

Kepler 22  (Cygnus)
host star to exoplanet Kepler-22b)
Image
Annotated CCD Image (cropped)
5 sec exposure (single frame), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2011-12-07 19:58 h UT  (#489019)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

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