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CCD Images - Session 329 (2008-12-01)

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Objects Session Notes
Bullet 144P/Kushida - Comet
Bullet Astrometric & Photometric Monitoring
- SS Cyg  (dwarf nova)
- U And (mira)
- BL Lac (blazar)
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RX And, Eps Aur, KR Aur, Zet Aur, DY Per (variables)

- RU Peg, CY Lyr attempts (failed due to cloud)
- Late evening session  (3.3 hrs). 
- Ambient Temperature -3 degC (minimum) climbing to -1 degC by end of session
- CCD operation of -30 degC 
(at 74% 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 120s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2008-12-01 20:53 h UT (#329002-04)

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