KIC 2856960 finding charts

KIC 2856960 can be found at RA=19 29 31.521, Dec=+38 04 35.94 (J2000). SDSS filter magnitudes from SIMBAD are g=16.437, r=15.553, i=15.263, giving reddish colours reflecting the dominant cool star (V is intermediate between SDSS g and r). Here are two finding charts with 15' and 3' fields respectively:


Several people have asked about comparison stars. First of all, please try to observe as many comparisons as possible as this is useful in combatting extinction effects. I used the Kepler input catalogue (KIC) to select stars with Kepler magnitudes brighter than 14 (cf 15.6 for KIC 2856960) and green/red (g-r) colours the same to within +/-0.25 mags. These are plotted in green in the charts below. Secondary comparisons brighter than 14.5 with g-r colours within 0.4 mags of KIC 2856960 are plotted in red.

I suggest that if you can't cover anything else, then try to include stars 6 and 7 as well as the target in your field of view. Here is a list of KIC ids labelled by the numbers used on the above plots. Please let me know if you spot errors or know the stars to be variable (although bear in mind how variable since practically every star is variable at Kepler precision).