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CCD Images - Session 493 (2011-12-25)

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Objects Session Notes
Bullet Variable Stars
Bullet Photometric Monitoring - Variables
- RX And, Z And, KR Aur, CI Cyg, SS Cyg, BL Lac, DY Per, GK Per, RR Tau

FO And, W And, CN Ori, FO Ori, FU Ori, FG Sge Attempts (failed due to cloud or wind)

Bullet Astrometric Monitoring - Nearby Stars
 None 
- Evening session (2.1 hrs), cut short when cloud developed in last 45  mins of session
- Session operated under semi-automated control, with remote monitoring from indoors computer.  
Problems encountered with reliable VNC link  
- Ambient Temperature: Falling to 7 deg C (minimum) before climbing to 10 degC (cloud / ? warm front)
- CCD operation -25 degC (at 83% average cooling).  
- main objective of the session was to acquire images of selected project stars for ongoing photometric analysis 
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