David's Astronomy Pages Images - Session 489 (2017-11-26)

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Kepler 22 - Star (host star to exoplanet Kepler-22b) Photometric Monitoring - Variables - None     Astrometric Monitoring - Nearby Stars - None

- Short Evening session (0.4 hrs), cut short by wind / poor seeing - Session operated under semi-automated control, with remote monitoring from indoors computer.    - Ambient Temperature: 0.0°C (minimum)  - CCD operation -30°C (at 59% average cooling).   - main objective of the session was to acquire images of Kepler 22 (the host star to exoplanet Kepler-22b which has been in the news in Dec 2011) -

Kepler 22 - Star (host star to exoplanet Kepler-22b)

Kepler 22  (Cygnus) host star to exoplanet Kepler-22b)

Annotated CCD Image (cropped) 5 sec exposure (single frame), 3x3 binning, C Filter  2011-12-07 19:58 h UT  (#489019) 12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

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