Proposal #551
| Proposer | (3522) Bart Staels (staels.bart.bvba@pandora.be) obscode: SBL |
|---|---|
| Assigned To | (3663) Dirk Terrell |
| Date Submitted | Sept. 9, 2024 |
| Status | Allocated |
| Priority | Normal |
| Proposal | Monitoring Bernhard-2 (000-BPW-984) for Prof. Catrina Hamilton-Drager (Dickinson College) ps I also just submitted a proposal to continue monitoring KH 15D; I might have put in wrong minimum and maximum magnitudes: these should read 15.4 - 21.5V (but we expect the occultation to less deep (min. around 17.0). |
| Target | RA (H.HH) | Dec (D.DD) | Magnitude | Telescope | Observation Frequency | Expiration Date | Proprietary Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernhard-2 | 7.245944 | -9.03117 | 19.1–17.0 | MPO61 | 1 | March 12, 2025 | 6 Months |
Comments
- (4726) Kenneth Menzies — Sept. 13, 2024, 9:15 p.m.
Committed to mpo61
- (3522) Bart Staels — Oct. 1, 2024, 5:15 p.m.
I just analyzes the first images of Bernhard-2. The SNR (of the stacked images) is:
clear 75
SI 42
SZ 14
At this moment the star should still be in it's maximum (17.0 r); the occultation (minimum 19.1 r) should start October 25th. Is it possible to make longer exposures and/or have more images/filter/night to increase the SNR?
Many thanks in advance
Bart- (3522) Bart Staels — Oct. 29, 2024, 4:27 p.m.
180 sec in SZ still only gives a SNR of 10-15. To avoid wasting telescope time, I suggest to change the SZ filter for SR. In combination with the SI filter we'll still have some color information. Many thanks in advance!
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