New Image uploaded

[Arnold Ashcraft]

Folks:

I just uploaded an image of the northern limb:  CAshcraft_20090503_0044UT.jpg

This video from which this image was obtained was taken through moderate overcast under fair seeing conditions.  After I obtained several one minute videos, the overcast became completely opaque.

Clif

Arnold C. Ashcraft

wa2...@optonline.net

184mm aperture Schupmann Medial

2540mm focal length, f/14 (no Barlow used)

Type of camera used:  The Imaging Source DMK31

Camera detector dimensions:

1024x768 pixels, 4.76 mm x 3.57 mm

    Pixels are 4.65 x 4.65 microns.

Exposure information: gain = 1023, 1/18th sec/frame, 30 frames/sec

Image capture software: IC Capture.

#25 Red plus NIR blocking filter

Seeing conditions: fair.

Registax5 for aligning, stacking and sharpening.

Cropped in PhotoShop

Observatory location: Perrineville NJ, 08535

40° 13' 56.6" N Latitude

75° 26' 37.6" W Longitude

164 ft above sea level