We used the Photometrics CCD camera of the observatory, attached to
the Cassegrain focus of its 1.2 meter telescope. Its back illuminated
and thinned chip has square pixels of
size.
We refer to
D. Sinachopoulos et al. (1998) for a detailed discussion of the CCD chip.
One exposure per CCD frame was made, each having a duration of a few seconds.
Four sequential CCD frames were taken per double star observed.
A Bessel V filter was used for all exposures. We observed targets with both components fainter than magnitude 8. Given the relatively small angular size of the pixel and seeing conditions, as they are discussed below, we did not need to use a density filter.
Most observations were made very close to meridian, in order to minimize the effect of atmospheric refraction.
The reduced data of our observations in the two nights of June 27 and 28 indicate that these two nights were partially photometric.
Temperature changed only up to two degrees around the same mean value (19 degrees) each night.
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