2003 0601 DPk Note
Don PARKER's Images on 1 June 2003
at 08:51~09:14 GMT

  λ=195°Ls,   (ω=193°, 199°W,   φ=20°S),   δ=12.5",   ι (phase angle)=42°

Seeing poor (3-5, Pickering). W. wind 0-2 kts. Transparency 4m with high haze/fog.
No dew. Altitude = 41-44°.

Note:
Bright thin AM limb arc; HP hood. Two faint clouds on terminator (PM limb). Elysium clear of clouds.
Trivium-Cerberus small but well-defined. Hyblaeus Extension and Diacria very dark. No Violet Clearing.

PARKER uses a 41 cm Newtonian working at f/55 with an eyepiece projection together with an SBIG ST9XE ccd camera, equipped with a CFW-8C filter wheel and RGB interference filters

Integration times:
  Red      (610 - 1100nm) : 0.12s   36-44 images   (RG610, NO IR Rejection)
  Green   (488 - 574nm) : 0.41s    10-11 images
  Blue      (392 - 508nm) : 1.30s   9-10 images
Images bias, flat and dark corrected.

Observer: Donald C PARKER, Coral Gables,  FL.  USA


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