Wednesday, March 13, 2013

OGLE 2013-BLG-0101

First event we have followed this season. Nice clear skies and easy to see target. Had drama with serial ports not working, pinpoint not solving and flat dome batteries. Also major frosting on the CCD chip had to run at +10 deg C not ideal at all.
RA (J2000.0) 17:52:55.20
Dec (J2000.0) -31:30:42.5
Optics: Celestron C14
Focal length: 2634mm
Pixel Scale; 0.70"/pixel
Camera: SBIG ST10 XME Deluxe
CCD: KAF-3200ME
Filters: Wratten #12
Autoguider X=191 Y=212
Exposure: 300 sec
Observers: David Moorhouse

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