Earthshine Observing Log - 2003 August 05

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General Information:

Observer: Pilar Montañés Rodriguez
Weather: Clear
Seeing: Regular
Lunar Phase: -90.3 degree
Sun set: 02:42 UT
Moon rise: 20:53 UT
Moon set: 06:54 UT
Sun rise: 13:06 UT
Camera temperature: -35
BE filter type: NG3 2mm
ES filter type: NG10 2mm
BS exposure: 1800 ms
ES Exposure: 40000 ms
Image sequence: 4BS+ES+DC; FLAT
Image directory: (moon) /images/03aug05/

Observing Notes:




Sample Lunar Images on August 05, 2003

Crescent Earthshine ES side flat


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


On-line Analysis Result for August 05, 2003

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


Moonshine fitting Stddev.: 0.0813972; airmass absorptivity: -0.0926980
Crescent fitting Stddev.: 0.0357356; airmass absorptivity: -0.102648
Earthshine fitting Stddev.: 0.976972; airmass absorptivity: -0.513596

[A*] (from top to bomttom): 1.32646, 1.33340, Stddev: 0.637744, 0.631576; Calc. [A*]: 1.38835


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