Earthshine Observing Log - 2004 August 05
(Go on for sample images,
on-line analysis result, and monthly lunar almanac)
General Information:
| Observer: |
Pilar Montañés Rodriguez |
| Weather: |
Mostly clear |
| Seeing: |
bad |
| Lunar Phase: |
60.5 degree |
| Sun set: |
02:41 UT |
| Moon rise: |
05:30 UT |
| Moon set: |
18:17 UT |
| Sun rise: |
13:06 UT |
| Camera temperature: |
-35 |
| BE filter type: |
NG3 2mm |
| ES filter type: |
NG10 2mm |
| BS exposure: |
1200 ms |
| ES Exposure: |
30000 ms |
| Image sequence: |
4BS+ES+DC; FLAT |
| Image directory: |
(moon) /images/04aug05/ |
Observing Notes:
Bright background due to scattered light from the moonshine.
Sample Lunar Images on August 05, 2004
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| Crescent |
Earthshine |
ES side flat |
Stddev of the flat: 0.00 (at the mean of 100).
On-line Analysis Result for August 05, 2004
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| Intensity vs. time |
Intensity vs. airmass |
[A*] |
Moonshine fitting Stddev.: 0.00458063; airmass absorptivity: -0.129861
Crescent fitting Stddev.: 0.00525748; airmass absorptivity: -0.119019
Earthshine fitting Stddev.: 0.0832139; airmass absorptivity: -0.151453
[A*] (from top to bomttom): -0.0590987, -0.0586881, Stddev: 0.535708, 0.535170; Calc. [A*]: 0.743544
Comments:
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Last updated on Tue Jun 28 05:04:30 PDT 2005.