Walter's LogBook
	August 2006

Overview

Comet Barnard made a nice appearance (8th mag) this month!

The SXV-H9 is the imaging camera, with exposures for variable stars of 120 seconds at 4x4 binning (unguided). This month's session notes are below the overview section.

Monthly Statistics, August 2006
Night	Imaging Time (s)	Exposure Time (s)	# Targets	# Exposures	T (C)	/\T
08/04/06	19675	17280	38	144	25.3	-6.9
08/05/06	22989	20280	47	169	22.9	-5.3
08/07/06	24974	21720	49	181	24.8	-7.6
08/08/06	25254	22200	48	185	22.1	-6.6
08/09/06	20249	17520	38	146	21.8	-2.9
08/10/06	25566	22320	53	186	20.2	-6.9
08/12/06	25798	22440	55	187	20.1	-8.1
08/13/06	26226	22680	57	189	20.5	-7.3
08/15/06	12109	11040	29	92	21.8	-2.8
08/17/06	27113	24600	60	205	19.5	-6.6
08/30/06	29767	25920	62	216	22.7	-7.8
08/31/06	29644	25440	61	212	19.0	-3.4
12 nights	289364 (80.38 hr)	253440 (70.40 hr)	597	2112

Session Notes

2006 August 5/6

This is the return of comet 1889 M1 (P/Barnard)¹ The comet reached magnitude 8!

Comet 177P 2006 M3 (Barnard)

SXV-H9 binned 3x3, Johnson V filter, 11 x 60 seconds.