Earthshine Observing Log - 2005 March 15

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General Information:

Observer: Pilar Montañés Rodriguez
Weather: Clear
Seeing: good
Lunar Phase: -118.6 degree
Sun set: 01:51 UT
Moon rise: 17:00 UT
Moon set: 06:54 UT
Sun rise: 14:02 UT
Camera temperature: -35
BE filter type: NG3 2mm
ES filter type: NG10 2mm
BS exposure: 2000 ms
ES Exposure: 120000 ms
Image sequence: 4BS+ES+DC; FLAT
Image directory: (moon) /images/05mar15/

Observing Notes:




Sample Lunar Images on March 15, 2005

Crescent Earthshine ES side flat


Stddev of the flat: 1.08 (at the mean of 100).


On-line Analysis Result for March 15, 2005

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


Moonshine fitting Stddev.: 0.792418; airmass absorptivity: -0.160103
Crescent fitting Stddev.: 0.761471; airmass absorptivity: -0.155862
Earthshine fitting Stddev.: 0.0174932; airmass absorptivity: -0.158248

[A*] (from top to bomttom): 1.32193, 1.38631, Stddev: 1.07107, 0.115565; Calc. [A*]: 1.47543


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