University of Hawaii (Mauna Kea, Hawaii)

The WEBT observations can be supported by the 0.6 meter telescope of the University of Hawaii Mauna Kea Observatories. The contact person for the observations is Richard Crowe (rcrowe@hubble.uhh.hawaii.edu).

Telescope parameters: Long= -155 deg 28 min 8.7 sec, Lat= 19 deg 49 min 22 sec, Alt= 13760 feet (4194 meters)

Optical configuration: Cassegrain f/15, D=0.6 m, Seeing 0.5-1.0″

CCD camera: Apogee AP6ep 1024×1024, 24-um pixels, readout noise=13-15 e-

Filters (CVI 2-inch): UV (UG-11) Blue (BG25+GG385) Green (BG39+GG455) Yellow (GG 495) Red (RG 610 or RG 695) Infrared (RG 780)

There is also a thermally-cooled Optec SSP-5 photometer equipped with Johnson UBV filters.