Earthshine Observing Log - 2004 November 18

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General Information:

Observer: Alla Shumko
Weather: Clear
Seeing: Regular
Lunar Phase: -102.7 degree
Sun set: 00:38 UT
Moon rise: 20:32 UT
Moon set: 06:04 UT
Sun rise: 14:28 UT
Camera temperature: -35
BE filter type: NG3 2mm
ES filter type: NG10 2mm
BS exposure: 1400 ms
ES Exposure: 70000 ms
Image sequence: 4BS+ES+DC; FLAT
Image directory: (moon) /images/04nov18/

Observing Notes:




Sample Lunar Images on November 18, 2004

Crescent Earthshine ES side flat


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


On-line Analysis Result for November 18, 2004

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


Moonshine fitting Stddev.: 0.0205463; airmass absorptivity: -0.0912997
Crescent fitting Stddev.: 0.0143866; airmass absorptivity: -0.0914175
Earthshine fitting Stddev.: 0.0130910; airmass absorptivity: -0.131775

[A*] (from top to bomttom): 1.51427, 1.51577, Stddev: 0.0907683, 0.0929775; Calc. [A*]: 1.47037


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