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Bullet C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS) - Comet
 
Bullet Variable Stars
Bullet Photometric Monitoring - Variables
- FS Aur, KR Aur, CV CMi, SY Cnc, AM CVn, U Gem, AM Her, RZ LMi, FO Ori, FU Ori, DY Per, GK Per, ER UMa
Bullet Astrometric Monitoring - Nearby Stars
- CN Leo, DX Cnc
- Early Evening session (2.5 hrs duration). 
- Session operated under semi-automated control, with remote monitoring from indoors computer.  
- Ambient Temperature: Initially dropping from +3.0 deg C down to -3.5 degC,
- CCD operation -30 degC (at 66% average cooling).  
- main objectives of the session were to acquire images of the comet. C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS). Secondary objective was to acquire images of selected project stars for ongoing photometric and astrometric analysis. 
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C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS) - Comet

C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS) 
Moving through star field in Andromeda

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CCD Image Animation (Logscale, 50% size)
3 x 10s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2013-03-29 20:19hUT (#543021-23)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

  

C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS) - detail

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False Colour Image (Logscale, 50% size)
Image Details as above

  

C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS) 
Image animation showing motion over 16min period

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CCD Image Animation (50% size)
3 frames each 3 x 10s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2013-03-29 20:19h, 20:27h, 20:35hUT (#543021-32)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

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