Earthshine Observing Log - 2004 July 25

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General Information:

Observer: Pilar Montañés Rodriguez
Weather: hazy
Seeing: bad
Lunar Phase: -88.3 degree
Sun set: 02:50 UT
Moon rise: 20:57 UT
Moon set: 07:08 UT
Sun rise: 12:58 UT
Camera temperature: -35
BE filter type: NG3 2mm
ES filter type: NG10 2mm
BS exposure: 1200 ms
ES Exposure: 60000 ms
Image sequence: 4BS+ES+DC; FLAT
Image directory: (moon) /images/04jul25/

Observing Notes:

Clear sky, some smoke from nearby camping.



Sample Lunar Images on July 25, 2004

Crescent Earthshine ES side flat


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


On-line Analysis Result for July 25, 2004

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


Moonshine fitting Stddev.: 0.0172428; airmass absorptivity: -0.145686
Crescent fitting Stddev.: 0.0151341; airmass absorptivity: -0.139594
Earthshine fitting Stddev.: 0.0481386; airmass absorptivity: -0.153774

[A*] (from top to bomttom): 1.50388, 1.50887, Stddev: 0.428420, 0.421696; Calc. [A*]: 1.36750


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