LUNASCAN MISSION REPORT  

Mission 85 Session 20150609

BOS: 02:50:59 Q Start	EOM: Approx 04:50
Length of Mission: 2 hours	Mission Type: EMOR
VMA: Colongitude: 175.8° Phase: 275.1° Lunation: 22.12 days Illumination: 54.4%	Time Fix: 03H06M12S Q is 02:59:25 elapsed on DVR2 (Q is 42 secs + [test])

VHS-DVR RECORDING DATA

Quad/WWV: Good/Carrier only	Quad-Sel/WWV: Good/Carrier only
FinderCam/WWV: Good/Carrier only	CabCam/WWV: Good/Carrier only
SSI-Cam/WWV: Good/Carrier only	SkyCam/WWV: Line failure

1. MISSION OVERVIEW

Test of procedures to facilitate increase in EMOR missions.  Also, tests of SKYCAM, and new graphics computer. The WWV signal-to-noise ration was very poor during the mission, with a strong carrier frequency and no audible time reference except for one instance. This was not caused by the LIMO and signal was poor in the lab as well. The live images were very good most of the time and became degraded as if the Moon was entering an obstruction. It was caused by the door of the LIMO blocking light intensity at times. (See new procedures)

2. EPHEMERIS: DE421

Observatory: Geocentric

Date: 2015-06-09 03:00:00

Date (TT): 2015-06-09 07:01:09

(J2000) Right Ascension: 22h54m45.58s

(J2000) Declination: -04°43'10.1"

(Date) Right Ascension: 22h55m33.68s

(Date) Declination: -04°38'09.8"

Distance: 369923Km

Apparent diameter: 32.30'

Colongitude: 175.8°

Phase: 275.1°

Lunation: 22.12 days

Illumination: 54.4%

Sub-solar latitude: -1.5°

Libration in Latitude: -02°40'

Libration in Longitude: -00°53'

Position angle: -23.9°

3. DETAILED REPORT

02H50M59S Q start
02H56M35S Cam 4 on target
No WWV

02H51M06S Q-Select
02H51M24S Cam 4 online
04H19M00S Check for anom target observed / Jet found
02H59M??S Late start on DVR2 b 8 mins
Carrier feq and beep but WWV not readable

Findercam not working

CabCam good

DVR2 good, some artifacts

Quad time / DVR coorelation plotted
03H06M12S Q is 02:59:25 elapsed (moon occulted by obstruction at 06:47). There’s a 42-second difference between the Quad Time and WWV with QT leading.

New Procedures: (Paste this data into TJR)

)1) #11 Install #11 Yellow Wwratten filter on SSI cam next mission
2) Create better antenna for the Sennheiser Wireless receiver so LIMO door won't have to be open.

3) 15' USB cable ordered to replace 10' - get cam system farther from LIMO

4) Add focus monitor to yoke, SSI camera set all the way in, then foccussed.
5) Replace short 2-wire RCA cable with 3-wire RCA so focus cam can be plugged into the AV panel.

6) Problem with DVR1 getting into L2. Input command causes DVD to eject on both DVRs. DVR1 input mode was set at L1 which is the default setting. DVR2 was left at L2 but should be check prior to missions.

7 Plexiglass roof panel needs to be installed over roof vent to keep temp down.

CONCLUSIONS

Good targets and very good imaging, but no anomalies. SKYCAM needs more work (night vsion cam?).

4. EQUIPMENT MODE LEVEL

RECORDERS
VHS1 on LIMA 2 (Quad)
VHS2 on LIMA 2 (not in use)
VHS3 on LIMA 2 (CabCam, color, Quad Camera 2 position)

VHS4 on LIMA 2 (Findercam on Cam 1 position, video toggle to Quad)
VHS5 on LIMA 2 (Skycam on Cam 1 pos, video toggle to Q in necessary)

DVR1 on LIMA 1 default (Q Sel)
DVR2 on LIMA 2 (SSI Camera, Quad Cam 4 position)

QUAD CAMERA POSITIONS:
All camera outputs to Quad SAMSUNG SCQ-041P
"CAM 1",  Findercam (SC-NVA5) 9x50 #51611 Celestron finder w/crosshairs and Skycamera (SC-NVA5), wide angle. 

"CAM 2",    CabCam  cam 1 (color, SC-NVA5 to Quad), cam 2 (Sony CL-34S-2T, night vision, security, to Lab via RG59)      
"CAM 3",    VMA graphics/LPI not used
"CAM 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

HP dc5000MT Pentium 4
2.8 GHz, 512 MB RAM, 40 GB hard drive

Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Digital to Analog Converter 1; TEP-100 Elite Pro II

VIRTUAL MOON ATLAS graphics left
Feeding Quad Cam Position 3

CHIP 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 ‘

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