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Object Name: Moon ~21.6 day

Observation Info

Imaging Info

- Date/Time: 2008-01-29 / 0731 MST

- Camera: Canon XT

- Location: Fort Collins, CO

- Scope/Lens: TMB 175 f/8

- Limiting Magnitude:

- Optical path: Prime focus
- Seeing: - Filter(s):
- Transparency: - ISO Setting/Film: ISO 100
- Temp./Wind: - Exposure time, #: 1/200s, 1 RAW frame

NOTES:

Two mornings of howling wind overhead unfortunately.  The Moon is so far South, a blue rim shows on top from dispersion.  Still good for an overview of Mare Imbrium and the Copernicus + Kepler rays. 
RAW file to TIFF in Canon DPP.  PS CS2 for level, sharpening, de-noise.

 

Ephemeris Data:
6.1 = Libration in Latitude (B)
2.2 = Libration in Longitude (L)
170.8 = Colongitude of the Sun (Co)
-0.5 = Subsolar point Lat (Bo)
279.2 = Subsolar point Long (Lo)
9.2 = Lunar Long of terminator
56.0% = Sunlit % of Moon's disc
111.1 = Angle of bright limb
19.9 = Angle of polar axis

 


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