Moon, 16 July 2017

I have set one of the telescopes of Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics to take a single shoot of Moon. The settings I have used are following:

Target: Moon
Object Type: Moon
Distance: 384 thousand km (1.3 light seconds)

Field of View: zoom
Exposure Time: 1 Seconds
Filter Selection: gray

Used telescopes:

Details of observation:

Object: Moon
Date: Sun, Jul 16, 2017
Start Exposure: 06:26:46 AM
Comments: MicroObservatory is run by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
Town: Amado
State: AZ
Country: USA
Telescope’s Name: Ben

Camera:

Camera: Main
Exposure Time: 00.10 sec.
Filter: Grey (ND4)
Focus Value: 2000
Zoom: In

Coordinates:

Celestial:
Right Ascension: 01h 23.7m
Declination: 03 degrees 40 minutes

Terrestrial:
Altitude: 61 degrees 40.8 minutes
Azimuth: 189 degrees 24.8 minutes

Misc:

Hour Angle: 00h 17.8m
Local Siderial Time: 18:40:24
Greenwich Mean Time: 13:26:46
End Exposure: 06:26:48 AM
Longitude: 110.88
Latitude: 31.68
Mode of Operation: remote
Tracking: Sidereal
CCD Temp: 274.00
Ambient Temp: 294.00
Circuit Temp: n/a
Finder Offsets: none

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Dr. Jozef Kozár is a scientist and writer, studying planets, Solar System, and robotic space exploration missions. He is the author of seven books, author of several hundred articles published in various scientific and popular magazines, a former public speaker, and a documentary movies/TV guest. Jozef's Mars research and the “GNSS for Mars” project became well known especially in 2015 when it attracted many local and worldwide media. Jozef earned his Ph.D. in the field of aerospace from the Technical University of Kosice in 2016. During his following career, he left his home country and completed a professional university course in planetary science – the science of the Solar System, at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, California in 2019. View all posts by Joe