Earthshine Observing Log - 2003 April 08

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General Information:

Observer: Pilar Montañés Rodriguez
Weather: Clear
Seeing: Regular
Lunar Phase: -109.6 degree
Sun set: 02:09 UT
Moon rise: 17:41 UT
Moon set: 07:57 UT
Sun rise: 13:30 UT
Camera temperature: -35
BE filter type: NG3 2mm
ES filter type: NG10 2mm
BS exposure: 1800 ms
ES Exposure: 90000 ms
Image sequence: 4BS+ES+DC; FLAT
Image directory: (moon) /images/03apr08/

Observing Notes:




Sample Lunar Images on April 08, 2003

Crescent Earthshine ES side flat


Stddev of the flat: 0.00 (at the mean of 100).


On-line Analysis Result for April 08, 2003

Intensity vs. time Intensity vs. airmass [A*]


Moonshine fitting Stddev.: 0.0208614; airmass absorptivity: -0.130240
Crescent fitting Stddev.: 0.00435116; airmass absorptivity: -0.123719
Earthshine fitting Stddev.: 0.0157312; airmass absorptivity: -0.163276

[A*] (from top to bomttom): 1.14180, 1.40050, Stddev: 1.07564, 0.0473936; Calc. [A*]: 1.48050


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