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Bullet 144P/Kushida - Comet
Bullet Astrometric & Photometric Monitoring
- SS Cyg, U Gem  (dwarf nova)
- U And, W And (Mira)
- TT Ari, Eps Aur, KR Aur, Zet Aur, U Mon, CN Ori, FU Ori, RU Peg, DY Per, GK Per, FG Sge, U Sge, V Sge, WZ Sge, RR Tau (variables)


- Ross 248/HH And, 61 Cyg, Groombridge 34 (nearby stars)
- Evening/night session  (6.2 hrs). 
- Ambient Temperature 6 degC (minimum) climbing to 8 deg C by end of session
- CCD operation of -20 degC 
(at 60% average cooling).  
- main objective of the session was  to acquire images of key selected stars for ongoing photometric and astrometric analysis. 


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144P/Kushida - Comet

144P/Kushida 
(passing through starfield in Aries)

Image

Annotated CCD Image 
3 x 180s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2008-11-25 23:42 h UT (#325267-69)
 

144P/Kushida - Position at 2006-11-25 23:42 

Image

CCD Image (150% size,cropped)
3 x 180s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2006-11-25 23:42 h UT (#325267-69)
 

144P/Kushida - Position at 2006-11-26 02:03 
(2 hr 21 m later)

Image

CCD Image (150% size,cropped)
2 x 180s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2006-11-26 02:03 h UT (#325412-13)

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