David's Astronomy Pages Images - Session 528 (2012-11-29)

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168P/Hergenrother - Comet HT Cas KT Per   Photometric Monitoring - Variables - RX And, W And, Z And, HT Cas, BL Lac, DY Per, GK Per, KT Per - U And attempt failed (due to cloud),  - CI Cyg , S Cyg & SS Cyg attempts failed (due to wind)     Astrometric Monitoring - Nearby Stars - None - Ross 248 attempt failed (due to low vis) - Groombridge 34 attempt failed (due to cloud)

- Late Evening session (1.9 hrs duration).  - Session operated under semi-automated control, with remote monitoring from indoors computer.   (Power-Line networking) - Ambient Temperature: -2.0°C (minimum) - CCD operation -30°C (at 64% average cooling).   - main objectives of the session were to perform further software testing and to acquire images of selected project stars for ongoing photometric and astrometric analysis. -

Comet 168P/Hergenrother

168P/Hergenrother  - 2012-11-29 (moving through starfield in Andromeda, Sun Distance : 1.56 AU )
CCD Image (50% size) 8 x 15s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter  2012-11-29 22:53 hUT (#528038-46.) 12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME		False Colour CCD Image / Inverse Spectrum (100% size, square root scaling, cropped) Image details as left

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