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CCD Images - Session 496 (2012-01-14)

Objects Session Notes
Bullet IC 298 - Galaxy (ARP 147)
Bullet Variable Stars
Bullet Photometric Monitoring - Variables
- FO And, RX And, U And, W And, Z And, S Cyg, SS Cyg, BL Lac, CN Ori, FO Ori, FU Ori, GK Per, RR Tau, SU Tau
Bullet Astrometric Monitoring - Nearby Stars
 And HH, 61 Cyg, Groombridge 34, EV Lac,  Teegardens Star
- Evening session. Very good sky conditions and no wind. Session ended when cloud developed
- Session parts operated under semi-automated control, with remote monitoring from indoors computer.   
- Ambient Temperature: -4 deg C (minimum) 
- CCD operation -30 degC (at 58% average cooling).  
- main objective of the session was to acquire images of selected project stars for ongoing photometric and astrometric analysis. 
- usecondary objective was to take spectra of selected stars to restart spectroscopic projects 

IC 298 - Galaxy (ARP 147)

IC 298  (Cetus)

Image
CCD Image (cropped)
2 x 2 min exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2012-01-14 23:22 h UT  (#496255-56)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

 

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