LUNASCAN  REPORT

 Mission 83 - 20150426 – 01
 

DATE-TIME:                                                                                                                            

9:42:15 Q

MISSION TYPE:

Routine

Primary Targets:  Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus

 

 

Colongitude:    6.9°

Phase:  79.3°

Lunation:       8.17 days

Illumination:   59.3%


                                 

 

SYNOPSIS:

 

Somewhat short mission, right at 60 minutes, but fairly good imaging with good WWV. Several good time fixes. 19:43:01 Q = 0h39m CUT.

 

Some conrtrast artifacts we haven’t figured out as yet. Quad Select failure on DVR1.

 

 



2. Ephemeris:      DE421

    Attached.

 

 

3. DETAILED REPORT

    Video Data Analysis Worksheet attached.

 

4.  EQUIPMENT
RECORDERS
VHS1 on LIMA 2 (Quad)
VHS2 on LIMA 2 (VMA/SkyCam IR [B Cam] on Quad Cam 3 position)
VHS3 on LIMA 2 (CabCam, color, Quad Camera 2 position)
DVR1 on LIMA 2 (Q Sel)
DVR2 on LIMA 1 [default] (SSI Camera, Quad Cam 4 position)

QUAD CAMERA POSITIONS:
All camera outputs to Quad SAMSUNG SCQ-041P
Camera 1    mini finders (SC-NVA5’s), A (wide angle) & B (9x50 #51611 Celestron finder w/crosshairs)
                    Y=video   R=power
Camera 2    CabCam  cam 1 (color, SC-NVA5 to Quad), cam 2 (Sony CL-34S-2T, night vision, security, to Lab via RG59)      
Camera 3    VMA graphics/T1392 E-M Datalogger/SkyCam IR (LPI / C8 (LPI not used)
Camera 4:   SSI/C-8. .

COMPUTERS:
PC1 System
Dell  Intel Pentium 4 processor
2 Gigahertz, 256 meg RAM
C Drive, 40 GB
D Drive, 111 GB
Digital to Analog Converter 2: TEP-100 Elite Pro II 
Aperture video recorder DVR2
No graphics used
Feeding Quad Cam Position 4                                           

PC2 System
Compaq Presario sr1218nx computer  (1)
Digital to Analog Converter 1; TEP-100 Elite Pro II
VIRTUAL MOON ATLAS graphics left
EM DATALOGGER T1392 right set for
( X ) MilliGauss   (  ) MicroTesla
(  ) KII on rod for CabCam pickup
Aperture video recorder VHS2
Feeding Quad Cam Position 3

CAMERAS:
Camera 1
Celestron Neximage Solar System Imager
SSI or A camera = 2032/5=400x
No Barlow or focal reducer used
delivers simrange of 600 mi and FOV of 400 miles
CCD sensor (Charge Coupled Device)
Type HAD (1/4")
OPTICS, prime focus 5 mm
Active area 3.6mm x 2.7 (4.5 mm diagonal)
Pixel size 5.6 micron, square
VGA resolution (640x480) color ¼” CCD chip
Maximum usable framerate @ 640x480
(uncompressed): 30 fps
#11 yellow written filter
Compression 1420
?-Bit on-chip A/D converter
3 MP
Sensitivity <1 lux
ACOMP Computer

Camera 2
LPI (NOT UTILIZED THIS MISSION)
LPI or B camera = 2032/6=340x
CMOS sensor by Hynix ~310kPix, (Bayer matrix), Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor Semiconductor Inc.
Meade Lunar Planetary Imager
Type HV7131E1 (1/3")
OPTICS, prime focus. 6 mm.
Active area 5.18x3.90 mm (6.5 mm diagonal)
Pixel size 8.0 micron, square
VGA resolution (640x480) color
Max usable framerate @ 640x480
(uncompressed): 36 fps
Compression 1420
8-Bit on-chip A/D converter
1.3 MP
Sensitivity <?lux
BCOMP Computer
Compaq Presario sr1218nx XP Home
2.67 GHZ processor, 760 mb RAM,
C Drive 80 GB hard drive

OPTICAL TUBE:
Celestron C-8 SCT 8” optical tube
2032 mm f/l
F10
Resolution at lunar range = 0.68 /
.81086 mi or 4281.36469 feet
(30.19' X 60 = 1811.4" /.68' resol = factor of 2663.82353
2160 miles / 2663.82353 = .81086 mi resolution)0.621 mi/km
1 m = 3.28 ‘

SKYCAMS
Camera 3, CX480
Camera 4, GBC400

CONFIG:
(X)  SSI in scope back            
(   ) Diagonal and (   )  binoc viewer. Extended hand control DOB Driver II