Earthshine Observing Log - 2005 April 11

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General Information:

Observer: Alla Shumko
Weather: Clear
Seeing: good
Lunar Phase: -150.0 degree
Sun set: 02:12 UT
Moon rise: 14:55 UT
Moon set: 04:36 UT
Sun rise: 13:25 UT
Camera temperature: -35
BE filter type: NG3 2mm
ES filter type: NG10 2mm
BS exposure: 7500msec ms
ES Exposure: 60000 ms
Image sequence: 4BS+ES+DC; FLAT
Image directory: (moon) /images/05apr11/

Observing Notes:




Sample Lunar Images on April 11, 2005

Crescent Earthshine ES side flat


Stddev of the flat: 1.21 (at the mean of 100).


On-line Analysis Result for April 11, 2005

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


Moonshine fitting Stddev.: 0.0551066; airmass absorptivity: -0.139716
Crescent fitting Stddev.: 0.0205227; airmass absorptivity: -0.155433
Earthshine fitting Stddev.: 0.309270; airmass absorptivity: -0.150969

[A*] (from top to bomttom): 1.19322, 1.20920, Stddev: 0.301355, 0.298016; Calc. [A*]: 1.37321


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