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CCD Images - Session 281 (2008-04-14)

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Objects Session Notes
Bullet V2491 Cyg - nova
Bullet Astrometric & Photometric Monitoring
  - U Gem (dwarf nova)
- SS Her, U Her (mira variable)
- KR Aur, AQ CMi, AV CMi, AM CVn, AM Her, RZ LMi, 
- CY Lyr, U Mon, DY Per, ER UMa (variables)
- V2491 Cyg (nova)

 

- Evening session (4.1hr)
- CCD operation of -25 degC 
(at 66% average cooling). 
- main objective was to acquire images of certain selected stars for ongoing photometric and astrometric analysis
- opportunity taken to acquire images of a new nova in Cygnus

V2491 Cyg - nova

V2491 Cyg (Cygnus) 
Nova 'V2491 Cyg' was discovered in Cygnus by 
Koichi Nishiyama, Kurume, Fukuoka-ken, Japan, and Fujio Kabashima, Miyaki-cho, Saga-ken, Japan, 
on unfiltered CCD images taken 2008-04-10.728 UT at magnitude 7.7 (IAU Circular No. 8934)
(AAVSO Special Notice #103)

Image below (2008-04-14.98 UT) was taken 4.25 days after discovery.
Estimated magnitude +8.5 to +8.9 (C)

Image
Annotated CCD Image 
20s exposure, 2x2 binning, C Filter 
2008-04-14 23:30hUT (#281142)
Image
Unannotated CCD Image (Image details as above)
CCD image of V2491 Cyg compared with Pre-Nova starfield
Nova is marked by white indicators 
Nova V2491 Cyg
4.25 days after discovery (mag +8.5)

Pre-Nova 
(DSS image)

Image Image
3x20s exposure (average combine), 
2x2 binning, C Filter 
2008-04-14 23:48hUT (#281164-66)
DSS image
Same field of view as image to left  [ image from 
http://archive.stsci.edu/cgi-bin/dss_form
]

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