Earthshine Observing Log - 2004 December 09

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General Information:

Observer: Alla Shumko
Weather: Clear
Seeing: Good
Lunar Phase: 143.1 degree
Sun set: 00:33 UT
Moon rise: 11:59 UT
Moon set: 22:41 UT
Sun rise: 14:47 UT
Camera temperature: -35
BE filter type: NG3 2mm
ES filter type: NG10 2mm
BS exposure: 4000 ms
ES Exposure: 50000 ms
Image sequence: 4BS+ES+DC; FLAT
Image directory: (moon) /images/04dec09/

Observing Notes:




Sample Lunar Images on December 09, 2004

Crescent Earthshine ES side flat


Stddev of the flat: 1.23 (at the mean of 100).


On-line Analysis Result for December 09, 2004

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


Moonshine fitting Stddev.: 0.0194789; airmass absorptivity: -0.0943687
Crescent fitting Stddev.: 0.00743837; airmass absorptivity: -0.106228
Earthshine fitting Stddev.: 0.00895491; airmass absorptivity: -0.117748

[A*] (from top to bomttom): 1.21794, 1.21960, Stddev: 0.0847155, 0.0836660; Calc. [A*]: 1.39492


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