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CCD Images - Session 396 (2009-11-07)

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Objects Session Notes
Bullet Photometric Monitoring - Variables
- RX And, Z And, CI Cyg, SS Cyg, AM Her, CY Lyr,
- TimeSeries TrES-3
Bullet Astrometric Monitoring - Nearby Stars
 
- Evening session (4.4 hr). 
- Operated under semi-automated control with remote monitoring
- Ambient Temperature:  Initially 4.0 degC falling to 0.5 degC minimum
- CCD operation -25 degC (at 60% average cooling).  
- main objective of the session was to record a time-series of TRES-3 with the hope of detecting transit of exoplanet TrES3b. Whilst a time series was captured the sky conditions compromised the quality of the dataset
- opportunity taken at beginning of session to acquire images of key selected stars for ongoing photometric and astrometric analysis. 

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