Earthshine Observing Log - 2004 March 26

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General Information:

Observer: Vasyl Yurchyshyn
Weather: Hazy and windly.
Seeing: Bad
Lunar Phase: -119.6 degree
Sun set: 02:00 UT
Moon rise: 16:55 UT
Moon set: 06:58 UT
Sun rise: 13:46 UT
Camera temperature: -35
BE filter type: NG3 2mm
ES filter type: NG10 2mm
BS exposure: -- ms
ES Exposure: -- ms
Image sequence: 4BS+ES+DC; FLAT
Image directory: (moon) /images/04mar26/

Observing Notes:

Fire near BBSO (St. Anna Mtns.)



Sample Lunar Images on March 26, 2004

Crescent Earthshine ES side flat


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


On-line Analysis Result for March 26, 2004

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


Moonshine fitting Stddev.: 0.182390; airmass absorptivity: -0.420135
Crescent fitting Stddev.: 0.171386; airmass absorptivity: -0.396263
Earthshine fitting Stddev.: 0.0307995; airmass absorptivity: -0.105733

[A*] (from top to bomttom): 1.88448, 1.84045, Stddev: 0.198507, 0.235962; Calc. [A*]: 1.47363


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