David's Astronomy - Images 2008-12-02 (S00330) (original) (raw)
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FO And - variable star (Type UGSU) |
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HR Aur - variable star (Type CWB) |
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MPL 2003 UB313 (Attempt) |
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Astrometric & Photometric Monitoring |
| - SS Cyg �(dwarf nova) - BL Lac (blazar) - FO And, RX And, Eps Aur, KR Aur, Zet Aur, CY Lyr, DY Per, FG Sge, U Sge, V Sge, WZ Sge (variables) |
| - | Evening session (4.4 hrs). |
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| - | Ambient Temperature 0 degC falling to -3 degC (minimum). |
| - | CCD operation of -30 degC (at 73% average cooling). |
| - | main objective of the session was to acquire images of key selected stars for ongoing photometric and astrometric analysis. |
| - | an attempt was made to image MPL 2003 UB313 (Eris), but a 14 x 3 minute exposure (mag limit +17.6), just failed to capture Eris (catalog mag +18.6) |
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