Moon

"First Quarter"

• TYPE:  Satellite
• RA: 18h 39'
• DEC:  -20degrees 19'
• SIZE:  30.05'
• VISUAL MAGNITUDE:  0.0
• PHASE:  61.88%
• CONSTELLATION:  Sagittarius
• DISTANCE:   401,001.6 Kilometers (249,171.5 Miles)
• DIAMETER:  10,920 Kilometers at equator

IMAGING INFORMATION

• TELESCOPE:  Celestron C-11, FL 2800 mm, Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector
• REDUCER/CORRECTOR:  None
• CAMERA:  Santa Barbara Instruments, ST-8 Digital (Thermoelectrically cooled)
• ADAPTIVE OPTICS:  None
• FILTER(S):  Blue
• CCD COOLING TEMPERATURE:  -15 C
• BINNING/RESOLUTION:  1 X 1 (1530 X 1020)
• EXPOSURE TIME:  0.10 seconds
• NUMBER OF IMAGES:  A mosaic of three seperate exposures
• FILM SPEED:  N/A
• DATE/TIME:  09/18/1999 / 02:46:53 UTC
• LOCATION:  Valley Center, San Diego County, California
• TEMPERATURE:  Unknown
• HUMIDITY:  Unknown

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