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Object Name: Moon ~28.3 day

Observation Info

Imaging Info

- Date/Time: 2008-03-06 / 0612 MST

- Camera: Canon 20D

- Location: Fort Collins, CO

- Scope/Lens: C102F, 900mm, f/9

- Limiting Magnitude:

- Optical path: Thru picture window
- Seeing: - Filter(s):
- Transparency: - ISO Setting/Film: ISO 100
- Temp./Wind: - Exposure time, #: 1/100s

NOTES:

At Moon age 28.3 days, this sliver crescent was visible in 10x binoculars on a tripod at about 3 degrees altitude.  Invisible in the camera viewfinder, the shot was framed and focused with convenient power lines.  March 6 at 06:12 MST, about 15 min before sunrise.  Cropped and adjusted with PS CS2.

 

Ephemeris Data:
-0.4	= Libration in Latitude (B)
-5.5	= Libration in Longitude (L)
260.5	= Colongitude of the Sun (Co)
0.5	= Subsolar point Lat (Bo)
189.5	= Subsolar point Long (Lo)
-80.5	= Lunar Long of terminator
1.7%	= Sunlit % of Moon's disc
70.2	= Angle of bright limb
-19.3	= Angle of polar axis

 

 

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