David's Astronomy Pages Images - Session 535 (2012-12-26)

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BL Lac - Active Extragalactic Object (Blazer)   Photometric Monitoring - Variables - RX And, Z And, TT Ari, CI Cyg, S Cyg, SS Cyg, BL Lac, DY Per , GK Per,   - U And & RR Tau attempts failed (due to cloud)     Astrometric Monitoring - Nearby Stars - None

- Late Evening session (3.3 hrs duration).  - Session operated under semi-automated control, with remote monitoring from indoors computer.   1 hour break in middle due to cloud cover. - Ambient Temperature: Initially dropping from +2.0°C down to -2.5°C, before rapidly climbing  to 0°C  - CCD operation -30°C (at 64% average cooling).   - main objectives of the session were to acquire images of selected project stars for ongoing photometric and astrometric analysis.  Attempts to image 3 comets where unsuccessful due to poor sky transparency. -

BL Lac - Active Extragalactic Object (Blazer)

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