LUNASCAN  MISSION REPORT:   Session # 20151019 – 11 - 93

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1. QUALCOM SYNOPSIS:

Mission was VERY good, excellent targets and terminator. Alumaflex dew cap tested with good results.

WWV good. 1h31m

2. EPHEMERIS: DE421

Observatory: +37°34' +87°32' Tz:  0h00m

Date: 2015-10-19 19:45:41

Date (TT): 2015-10-19 19:46:50

(J2000) Right Ascension: 18h57m37.78s

(J2000) Declination: -18°23'46.2"

(Date) Right Ascension: 18h58m32.67s

(Date) Declination: -18°22'17.1"

Distance: 382983Km

Apparent diameter: 31.20'

Colongitude: 354.6°

Phase: 102.6°

Lunation: 6.82 days

Illumination: 39.1%

Sub-solar latitude: 0.7°

Libration in Latitude: -05°51'

Libration in Longitude: -06°40'

Position angle: -6.1°

Azimuth +132°16'

Altitude +18°18'

Rise: 17h48m

Transit: 23h01m

Set:   3h21m

Rise azimuth: +112°42'

Transit Altitude: +34°

Set azimuth: +246°51'

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3. DETAILED ANALYSIS:
19:44:28 QSTART
19:45:09 BOM good WWV Theo
21:14:48 = 2h13m CUT TF
21:14:58 EOM

QSEL good WWV
CABCAM good WWV
SSI good WWV

SSI CAM
00:00:45 AOT good WWV
00:02:07 Good images of Mare Serenitatis
00:02:42 EL = 0h45m CUT
00:06:57 CAP18 Theophilus et al
00:15:13 Awesome trio grab video
00:44:40 EL = 1h27m CUT
00:59:55 EL CAP 19 Pallis Murchison
01:31:00 EOM

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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