Earthshine Observing Log - 2003 August 03

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General Information:

Observer: Pilar Montañés Rodriguez
Weather: Clear
Seeing: Regular
Lunar Phase: -116.4 degree
Sun set: 02:44 UT
Moon rise: 18:36 UT
Moon set: 05:51 UT
Sun rise: 13:04 UT
Camera temperature: -35
BE filter type: NG3 2mm
ES filter type: NG10 2mm
BS exposure: 2600 ms
ES Exposure: 100000 ms
Image sequence: 4BS+ES+DC; FLAT
Image directory: (moon) /images/03aug03/

Observing Notes:




Sample Lunar Images on August 03, 2003

Crescent Earthshine ES side flat


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


On-line Analysis Result for August 03, 2003

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


Moonshine fitting Stddev.: 0.0148039; airmass absorptivity: -0.103171
Crescent fitting Stddev.: 0.0104033; airmass absorptivity: -0.0967600
Earthshine fitting Stddev.: 0.0234104; airmass absorptivity: -0.118494

[A*] (from top to bomttom): 1.57719, 1.57646, Stddev: 0.0583929, 0.0619195; Calc. [A*]: 1.47770


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