New Image Uploaded

[Arnold Ashcraft]

Folks:

I just uploaded an image of the southern limb:  CAshcraft_20090405_2331UT.jpg

This image is actually a mosaic of two images, one taken at 2331 and the other at 2332.

Seeing conditions were quite poor so a NIR pass filter was used to reduce the effects of turbulence.

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 = 807, 1/73rd sec/frame, 30 frames/sec

Image capture software: IC Capture.

Bahder NIR pass filter

Seeing conditions: poor.

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

[Arnold Ashcraft]

Sorry 'bout that folks, it is obviously the northern limb.

Clif