First Variable Data / FITS Header / MaxPoint Trial

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Imaged BG Gem at 9:05 PM DST (1:05:15 2010-03-25 UT). Pinpoint operational. Tested writing values to FITS header. Downloaded, installed, configured, and did Auto Calibration of MaxPoint.  Had to figure out the exposure. First 12-star run only found 2 stars.  Lengthened exposure time to 15 seconds and binned the CCD to 3. MaxPoint is a really excellent program.  The Maxpoint telescope pointing errors and observation errors are shown below.