| Observing Location | Q44 Bus along Cross Bronx Expressway Service Road between Hugh J Grant Circle and Castle Hill Ave, Bronx, NY |
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| Observational Period | 0510 EDT |
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| Atmospheric Conditions |
| Cloud Cover | Scattered Clouds |
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| Temperature | 74°F |
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| Wind | Calm |
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| Humidity | Moderate |
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| Feels Like | Very pleasant |
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The Moon looks a little indistinct but I think that is as a result of reflection in and fingerprints and dirt on the bus window rather than atmospherics. There is humidity in the air but it is a lot dryer than it has been lately.
| Transparency | Good
becoming
Nil |
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| Seeing | |
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| Instruments | Naked-eye observing |
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| Observing Party | Charlie Ridgway
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I just remembered that I had forgotten to move this observing session from my PDA to the blog. It was fully documented at the time so nothing has been forgotten. But since the weather was not great I had not checked any of my target lists and didn’t realize I should have been looking for Saturn near the Moon, not that I would have seen it without optics under these observing conditions, but if I had known maybe I would have had the
Bruntons with me.
| Target | Moon |
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| Constellation | Leo |
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| Category | Lunar |
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Time
yyyymmdd.hhmm | 20071007.0510 EDT |
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| Comments |
| Lunation | 1048 |
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| Phase | Waning Crescent |
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| Age | 26.25d |
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Distance
Light Time
(from earth) | 366,510 km
s |
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| Elongation | ° |
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| % Illuminated | 12.3% |
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| Morning Terminator Colongitude (λ E) | 226.7° |
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| Evening Terminator Colongitude (λ W) | 46.7° |
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| Libration in Latitude | -6°06’ |
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| Libration in Longitude | 2°54’ |
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| Magnitude | -10.46 |
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| Angular Size | 32.6' |
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| Altitude | 28°48’ |
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Virtual Moon Atlas graphic |
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The Moon was up there fairly equidistant between Saturn and Regulus Venus a short distance farther out ahead of them.
Starry Night Starter graphic
I was able to see a little bit of earthshine on the dark portion of the Moon.
At 0600 EDT, when I arrived at HoS, the Moon and Venus were only occasional glows in the overcast sky.
The air over here feels much warmer and more humid than it did in the Bronx or even in downtown Flushing just 1.4 miles away as the proverbial crow flies (if he flies in a straight line, which I doubt). |
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