Earthshine Observing Log - 2003 May 06

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General Information:

Observer: Enric Pallé Bagó
Weather: High clouds
Seeing: Bad
Lunar Phase: -127.6 degree
Sun set: 02:31 UT
Moon rise: 16:28 UT
Moon set: 06:46 UT
Sun rise: 12:58 UT
Camera temperature: -35
BE filter type: NG3 2mm
ES filter type: NG10 2mm
BS exposure: -- ms
ES Exposure: 40000 ms
Image sequence: 4BS+ES+DC; FLAT
Image directory: (moon) /images/03may06/

Observing Notes:

No observations after 22:45 due to overcast sky.



Sample Lunar Images on May 06, 2003

Crescent Earthshine ES side flat


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


On-line Analysis Result for May 06, 2003

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


Moonshine fitting Stddev.: 0.583126; airmass absorptivity: -5.82496
Crescent fitting Stddev.: 0.526434; airmass absorptivity: -5.26990
Earthshine fitting Stddev.: 0.808546; airmass absorptivity: 1.92645

[A*] (from top to bomttom): 3.25428, 3.07203, Stddev: 5.21877, 5.18444; Calc. [A*]: 1.45349


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