Walter's LogBook
	October 2007

Overview

The highlight of this month was the outburst of Comet Holmes which I imaged on four nights this month. It was also a very nice naked eye spectacle! A motherboard transplant made my dome fully functional once again.

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, October 2007
Night	Imaging Time (s)	Exposure Time (s)	# Targets	# Exposures
2007-10-22	36720	20240	124	482
2007-10-26	20980	13900	45	165
2007-10-25	36773	22300	144	585
2007-10-28	39581	23680	70	274
6 nights	134054 (37.24 hr)	80120 (22.26 hr)	383	1506

(Stats are only kept for nights with variable star imaging runs.)

Session Notes

Sat/Sun, October 20/21, 2007

Tonight I imaged asteroids Vibert-Douglas (3269), Levy (3673), and Covington (5424) at dawn for the RASC Kingston Centre website.

Comet Holmes (17p) - 2007 October 24/25

SXV-H9 binned 2x2, Johnson V filter, 100 x 4 seconds, 3/4 size.

Thu/Fri, October 25/26, 2007

I attempted to image asteroid 6115 (martinduncan) tonight as it was transiting (13x2m) but with the full moon around, the sky was just too bright.

Comet Holmes (17p) - 2007 October 25/26

SXV-H9 binned 2x2, Johnson V filter, 100 x 4 seconds, 3/4 size.

Comet Holmes (17p) - 2007 October 28/29

SXV-H9 binned 2x2, Johnson V filter, 100 x 4 seconds, 3/4 size.

Comet Holmes (17p) - 2007 October 29/30

SXV-H9 binned 2x2, Johnson V filter, 25 x 30 seconds, 3/4 size.