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CCD Images - Session 293 (2008-07-02)

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Bullet V2491 Cyg - nova
Bullet Astrometric & Photometric Monitoring
- SS Cyg (dwarf nova)
- V2491 Cyg (nova)
- U And, W And, SS Her (mira variable)
- BL Lac (blazar)
- RX And, AM Her, Z And, RU Peg, R CrB, U Sge, V Sge, WZ Sge (variables)
- Barnards Star, Ross 248 (Nearby Stars)

 

- Late evening/night session (2.8hr) - operated under automated control
- CCD operation of -15 degC 
(at 74% average cooling).  
- main objective was to acquire images of certain selected stars for ongoing photometric and astrometric analysis in particular U And, W And

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)

 
Latest image of V2491 Cyg compared with early post-discovery image 

83.3 days (mag +14.8)

4.25 days (mag +8.5)

Image Image
3 x 120s exposure (average combine), 
2x2 binning, C Filter 
2008-07-02 23:54hUT (#293040-42)
3x20s exposure (average combine), 
2x2 binning, C Filter 
2008-04-14 23:48hUT (#281164-66)
 
V2491 Cyg - Light Curves 
showing decline from discovery (+7.7) down to final measurement (+14.8)

Image

 

V2491 Cyg - Reference Stars

Image
Annotated CCD Image 
15s exposure, 2x2 binning, V Filter 
2008-04-14 23:51hUT (#281171)

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