[AZ-Observing] Re: Sunrise On Rupes Recta
- From: Paul Lind <pulind@xxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 11:22:10 -0700
Tom,
I'm getting only one frame. How do I get it to play? I'm using Internet
Explorer 8.
Paul
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From: "Tom Polakis" <tpolakis@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 11:47 PM
To: <AZ-Observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <evac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Sunrise On Rupes Recta
> The moon is librated enough tonight to show the Straight Wall at First
> Quarter. Typically it turns up at about 8 or 9 days after New Moon. I
> began at 9:10 p.m., and recorded four images at half hour interval to
> create this time-lapse animation. The shadow of the wall of the crater
> Birt diminishes quite a bit during the 1 1/2 hours of the sequence.
> Sunlight begins to illuminate the western rim of the crater Nicollet near
> the bottom of the frame.
>
> http://www.pbase.com/polakis/image/131789333
>
> And now... excuses. The seeing was horrible during that 4:40 image, so
> that's as sharp as that frame is going to get. Later, the transparency
> began to go as the moon was sinking, making evening out the brightness and
> contrast a challenge. Not appearing in this film is a 6:10UT image that
> was ruined by cirrus and the associated really bad seeing.
>
> Tom
>
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