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CCD Images - Session 271 (2008-03-02)

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Objects Session Notes
Bullet Comet 46P/Wirtanen
Bullet Astrometric & Photometric Monitoring
- U Gem (dwarf nova)
- U And (mira variables)
- BL Lac (blazar)
- RX And, Z And, DY Per (variables)





- Short evening session (1.8hr).  
Temperature 
- CCD operation of -25 degC 
(at 66% average cooling). 
- main objective was to acquire images of certain selected stars for ongoing photometric, in particular U Gem & RX And. 

Comet 46P/Wirtanen

Comet 46P/Wirtanen  
(passing through starfield in Aries)

 Image
CCD Image 
5  x 120s exposure (av. combine, aligned on comet), 
2x2 binning, C Filter
2008-03-02 19:42h UT (#
271036-40)

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