Earthshine Observing Log - 2004 August 07

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General Information:

Observer: Pilar Montañés Rodriguez
Weather: Clear
Seeing: Regular
Lunar Phase: 83.9 degree
Sun set: 02:40 UT
Moon rise: 06:24 UT
Moon set: 20:17 UT
Sun rise: 13:08 UT
Camera temperature: -35
BE filter type: NG3 2mm
ES filter type: NG10 2mm
BS exposure: 1200 ms
ES Exposure: 40000 ms
Image sequence: 4BS+ES+DC; FLAT
Image directory: (moon) /images/04aug07/

Observing Notes:

Hazy sky



Sample Lunar Images on August 07, 2004

Crescent Earthshine ES side flat


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


On-line Analysis Result for August 07, 2004

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


Moonshine fitting Stddev.: 0.00550634; airmass absorptivity: -0.125661
Crescent fitting Stddev.: 0.00507573; airmass absorptivity: -0.114551
Earthshine fitting Stddev.: 0.0266151; airmass absorptivity: -0.132873

[A*] (from top to bomttom): 0.984731, 0.984462, Stddev: 0.0547913, 0.0551336; Calc. [A*]: 1.30486


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