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CCD Images - Session 149 (2006-10-23)

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Bullet C/2006 M4 (Swan) - Comet
Bullet Nearby Stars
- Barnard's Star, Ross 248 (HH And)
Bullet Variable Star Monitoring 
- U And, W And, U Her (Mira variables)
- SS Cyg, HD 5501
- R CrB
- 2.3 hr session, cut short by deteriorating sky conditions (fog)
- CCD operation of -15 degC (at 59% cooling)
- main objectives where to acquire images of specific variables stars as part of ongoing photometric studies.
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C/2006 M4 (Swan) - Comet

Comet C/2006 M4 (Swan)
(passing through starfield on border between Bootes & Corona Borealis)

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CCD Image 
60s, 2x2 binning, C filter
Square root scale
2006-10-23 20:21h UT (#149058)

  

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False Colour CCD Image 
Log brightness scaling (3000 ADU range)
(details as above)

 

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CCD Image 
5 x 60s exposure (average combine, aligned on comet), 
2x2 binning, C filter
Linear scale with range adjusted to show detail in tail
2006-10-23 20:23h UT (#149058-62)

 

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False colour CCD Image 
Log Scale
(image details as above)

 

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CCD Image
Rotational Gradient processed (15 deg)
(image details as above)

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Variable Stars

Set of BRV Images collected as part of an ongoing study of this new variable [HD 5501 project

Set of BRV Images collected as part of am ongoing study of this variable [SS Cyg project]

Set of BVRI Images collected as part of an ongoing study to develop a light curve for this Mira variable [U And project

Set of BVRI Images collected as part of an ongoing study to develop a light curve for this Mira variable 

Set of BVRI Images collected as part of an ongoing study to develop a light curve for this Mira variable 

Set of BVRIImages collected as part of an ongoing study to develop a light curve for this R CrB  variable 

 

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