Object Name: Moon ~ 16.6day

Observation Info

Imaging Info

- Date/Time: 2008-01-24 / 0047 MST

- Camera: Canon XT

- Location: Fort Collins, Colorado

- Scope/Lens: TMB 175 f/8

- Limiting Magnitude:

NOTES:

Seeing reached about 5 or 6 out of 10, Saturn showed the Cassini division about half the time, intermittent steadier moments.  

The Moon was a lot better for detail than a day ago.  Terminator placement also helped.  When the seeing calmed a bit, the granular texture of the highlands contrasted with the smoother maria.  I need to ID a fairly easy thin rille not in Rukl.  Too thin to show on the photo.  In the Sea of Fertility if I'm oriented.  A great night to see the Petavius crater rille, showed throughout the seeing.  Image from RAW file to TIFF in Canon Digital Photo Professional, then PS2 CS2 for levels, curve, sharpening.  Noise did not seem to oppressive so not run.

Ephemeris Data:

-0.2	= Libration in Latitude (B)
5.6	= Libration in Longitude (L)
106.7	= Colongitude of the Sun (Co)
-0.7	= Subsolar point Lat (Bo)
343.3	= Subsolar point Long (Lo)
73.3	= Lunar Long of terminator
96.3%	= Sunlit % of Moon's disc
109.64	= Angle of bright limb
18.2	= Angle of polar axis