LUNASCAN  MISSION  REPORT:   Session # 20150923 – 09 - 91  




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1. QUALCOM SYNOPSIS:

Not as sharp and clear as Mission 90, the features are just suitable for a backdrop when at the peak light and atmospheric levels during the 1 hour and 24 minute scan. No anomalies. WWV was very good.




2. EPHEMERIS:      DE421


Observatory:    +37°34' +87°32' Tz:  0h00m
Date:   2015-09-23 18:57:02
Date (TT):      2015-09-23 18:58:11
(J2000) Right Ascension:         20h09m30.51s
(J2000) Declination:    -16°04'33.1"
(Date) Right Ascension:  20h10m24.56s
(Date) Declination:     -16°01'33.0"
Distance:       374414Km
Apparent diameter:      31.92'
Colongitude:    37.0°
Phase:  59.8°
Lunation:       10.51 days
Illumination:   75.1%
Sub-solar latitude:     -0.0°
Libration in Latitude:  -05°16'
Libration in Longitude: -06°15'
Position angle: -13.1°
Azimuth +94°58'
Altitude        -19°48'
Rise:    20h41m
Transit:          1h09m
Set:      6h27m
Rise azimuth:   +109°32'
Transit Altitude:       +36°
Set azimuth:    +248°47'


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3. DETAILED ANALYSIS:

Mission 91 was not as sharp and clear as was Mission 90 a few weeks earlier.

The mission began at 18:57:09 or 6:57 PM and target acquisition was achieved 4 minutes later. WWV was good and a time fix was established at 19:31:54 Q which was 0 hours 31 minutes CUT. All recordings had good WWV. Some frame grabs were taken at the peak scanning levels.

00:19:55 elapsed  Cap 12 Copernicus
                           Cap 13 Plato and maria area

Good A-B trans at 00:25:00 elapsed
00:40:11 elapsed Cap 14 Copernicus upper right
End of mission at 01:25:37 elapsed

No anomalies were observed or recorded.


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4. EQUIPMENT MODE LEVEL

 

RECORDERS
VHS1 on LIMA 2 (Quad)
VHS2 on LIMA 2 (VMA/LPI Cam on Quad Cam 3 position)
VHS3 on LIMA 2 (CabCam, color, Quad Camera 2 position)

VHS 4 on LIMA 2 Skycam (B Cam on Cam position toggle)


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   B-Cam - (SC-NVA5), wide angle & A-Cam (SC-NVA5) 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/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

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

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