Earthshine Observing Log - 2004 April 28

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General Information:

Observer: Pilar Montañés Rodriguez
Weather: Hazy
Seeing: Bad
Lunar Phase: -83.8 degree
Sun set: 02:25 UT
Moon rise: 20:07 UT
Moon set: 09:43 UT
Sun rise: 13:05 UT
Camera temperature: -35
BE filter type: NG3 2mm
ES filter type: NG10 2mm
BS exposure: 1400 ms
ES Exposure: 30000 ms
Image sequence: 4BS+ES+DC; FLAT
Image directory: (moon) /images/04apr28/

Observing Notes:




Sample Lunar Images on April 28, 2004

Crescent Earthshine ES side flat


Stddev of the flat: 0.92 (at the mean of 100).


On-line Analysis Result for April 28, 2004

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


Moonshine fitting Stddev.: 0.0213883; airmass absorptivity: -0.215210
Crescent fitting Stddev.: 0.0105821; airmass absorptivity: -0.201496
Earthshine fitting Stddev.: 1.47690; airmass absorptivity: -0.242726

[A*] (from top to bomttom): 0.797942, 0.796783, Stddev: 1.02710, 1.02226; Calc. [A*]: 1.29750


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