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CCD Images - Session 309 (2008-09-30)

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Objects Session Notes
Bullet CY Lyr - Variable Star (Type UGSS)
Bullet Astrometric & Photometric Monitoring
- SS Cyg  (dwarf nova)
- U And, W And, SS Her (mira variables)
- BL Lac (blazar)
- RX And, CY Lyr, RU Peg, DY Per, GK Per (variables)

Time Series
- EV Lac (test), V0777 Her

- Late Evening session (3.4 hrs)
- Ambient Temperature 4.5 degC (minimum)
- CCD operation of -20 degC 
(at 69% average cooling).  
- main objective of the session was  to acquire images of key selected stars for ongoing photometric and astrometric analysis. 
- a secondary objective, to test revised routine for automated guiding between frames, was not possible due to early termination of the session. 


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CY Lyr - Variable Star (Type UGSS)

CY Lyr (Lyra)
Dwarf Nova CY Lyr is too faint to see in this 3 x 3 min image
 (mag limit  +16.0)
180s exposures with V Filter are to short to see CY Lyr at minimum
option is to move monitoring to using C filter

Image

Annotated CCD Image 
3 x 180s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, V Filter
2008-09-30 20:24 h UT (#309071-73)

  

CY Lyr - earlier image (2007-10-22)
Dwarf Nova CY Lyr is easily visible at mag +13.2

Image

Annotated CCD Image 
3 x 60s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, V Filter
2007-10-22 23:47 h UT (#224278-80)

 

Later Image of CY Lyr taken with C Filter
Dwarf Nova CY Lyr is just visible in this 3 x 3 min image (C)
Measured magnitude is  +16.40 (Cv)

Image

Annotated CCD Image 
3 x 180s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2006-10-18 21:23 h UT (#316149-51)

 

Earlier Image of CY Lyr from 2006
Dwarf Nova CY Lyr is too faint to see in this 3 x 2 min image.
 Magnitude limit is ~ +15.8/+16 

Image

Annotated CCD Image 
3 x 120s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, V Filter
2006-09-08 22:58 h UT (#141205-07)

 

CY Lyr - Reference Stars 

Image

Annotated CCD Image 
3 x 60s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, V Filter
2007-10-22 23:47 h UT (#224278-80)

[ AAVSO Star Chart for CY Lyr ]

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