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Objects Session Notes
Bullet 144P/Kushida - Comet
Bullet Astrometric & Photometric Monitoring
- SS Cyg, U Gem  (dwarf nova)
- BL Lac (blazar)
- FO And, RX And, Z And, TT Ari, Eps Aur, Eta Aur, KR Aur, CI Cyg, RZ LMi,
U Mon, CZ Ori, FO Ori, FU Ori, RU Peg, GK Per, RR Tau (variables)
- Evening session (4.6 hrs), operated under automated control
- Ambient Temperature  1 deg C 
- CCD operation -25 degC (at 71% average cooling).  
- main objective of the session was  to acquire images of key selected stars for ongoing photometric and astrometric analysis. 
- Opportunity taken to acquire images of 144P/Kushida and UGC 5764

144P/Kushida - Comet

144P/Kushida 
(passing through starfield in Taurus)

Annotated CCD Image 
3 x 120s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2009-01-26  21:00 h UT (#   )
8" LX200 Classic (at f/7.6) + ST-7e 

   

Previous image of 144P/Kushida - 2008-01-02
(passing through starfield in Taurus)

Image

Annotated CCD Image 
3 x 120s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2009-01-02 20:59 h UT (#337045-47)
8" LX200 Classic (at f/7.6) + ST-7e 

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