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CCD Images - Session 694 (2019-09-15)

Objects Session Notes
Bullet None
   
Bullet Variable Stars (photometric monitoring)
  - RX And, Z And, R CrB, SS Her, U Her, BL Lac, CY Lr, FO Ori, FG Sge, RR Tau, SU Tau
   
Bullet Nearby Stars (astrometric monitoring)
 - Barnards Star, 61 Cyg, EV Lac

    
   
- Full night session (6.6 hours)

Session operated in fully automated mode with some  interventions & monitoring during the first half of the session

- Main aim of the session was to aquire images of a range of deep sky targets and one or two comets

Conditions relatively good, but interruptions due to cloud later in session.  Bright sky , moon at 95% phase
   
- 12" LX200 + ST-10XME for imaging
- TS 80mm APO + ZWO ASI178MC for guiding & imaging
- Ambient Temperature:  Falling  to 10°C (min).
Outdoors 9°C (min)
(Dew heaters on manual,  45%)
- CCD Temperature:  -10°/-15°C  (61 / 65% av. power)
- Notes from 2019-09-15 >>