Earthshine Observing Log - 2005 January 13

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General Information:

Observer: Alla Shumko
Weather: Clear
Seeing: Good
Lunar Phase: -140.6 degree
Sun set: 00:54 UT
Moon rise: 17:35 UT
Moon set: 03:51 UT
Sun rise: 14:58 UT
Camera temperature: -35
BE filter type: NG3 2mm
ES filter type: NG10 2mm
BS exposure: 4300 ms
ES Exposure: 80000 ms
Image sequence: 4BS+ES+DC; FLAT
Image directory: (moon) /images/05jan13/

Observing Notes:




Sample Lunar Images on January 13, 2005

Crescent Earthshine ES side flat


Stddev of the flat: 0.80 (at the mean of 100).


On-line Analysis Result for January 13, 2005

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


Moonshine fitting Stddev.: 0.0202396; airmass absorptivity: -0.0823872
Crescent fitting Stddev.: 0.0115534; airmass absorptivity: -0.0868341
Earthshine fitting Stddev.: 0.0180682; airmass absorptivity: -0.0994402

[A*] (from top to bomttom): 1.25267, 1.25785, Stddev: 0.145565, 0.143993; Calc. [A*]: 1.40393


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