Earthshine Observing Log - 2003 May 10

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General Information:

Observer: Enric Pallé Bagó
Weather: Clear
Seeing: Regular
Lunar Phase: -80.2 degree
Sun set: 02:34 UT
Moon rise: 20:39 UT
Moon set: 09:41 UT
Sun rise: 12:54 UT
Camera temperature: -35
BE filter type: NG3 2mm
ES filter type: NG10 2mm
BS exposure: 1200 ms
ES Exposure: 30000 ms
Image sequence: 4BS+ES+DC; FLAT
Image directory: (moon) /images/03may10/

Observing Notes:




Sample Lunar Images on May 10, 2003

Crescent Earthshine ES side flat


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


On-line Analysis Result for May 10, 2003

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


Moonshine fitting Stddev.: 0.0352278; airmass absorptivity: -0.173846
Crescent fitting Stddev.: 0.00669572; airmass absorptivity: -0.159376
Earthshine fitting Stddev.: 0.0453266; airmass absorptivity: -0.158181

[A*] (from top to bomttom): 0.816190, 0.950540, Stddev: 0.803170, 0.143638; Calc. [A*]: 1.24278


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