Purpose:
Lunar observing and photography, Io transit on Jupiter, Vesta.
Location:
Sunrise Highway (alt. 4100'). Conditions: clear, winds calm.
Time:
Begin 20:00 PDT 11 JUNE 2003, end 23:00 11 JUNE 2003.
Best results:
Asteroid 4 Vesta continues to move through Virgo. Due to moonlight, I was unable to even see the object and so I had to hunt around & couldn't center it. 2003.06.11 21:06:14 600.0 mm 15 sec, f/4.0 Mode: Manual Metering: Center-weighted average ISO: 1600AF mode: Manual Focus Drive: Continuous: 0 Self-timer: 10 secs White balance: Auto Color matrix 1: sRGB natural-looking hue and chroma Flash: Off File size: 2,725KB Image size: 2464 x 1648 Sharpness level: Off Custom Functions: CFn 3: Extended ISO sensitivity
Io shadow on Jupiter. Shot through Orion 8" F/5. 19.5 mm 1/30 sec, f/3.8 Mode: Manual Metering: Multi-segment Exp comp: -1/3 ISO: 800 AF mode: AF-C White balance: AUTO Flash: Off File size: 69KB Image size: 2048 x 1536 Sharpness: AUTO
Moon/ crater Tycho. Canon 1D mounted at focal plane of 10" Meade SCT. 2003.06.11 22:00:16 1/500 sec, f/0.0 Mode: Manual Metering: Center-weighted average ISO: 400 Drive: Continuous: 0 Self-timer: 2 secs White balance: Auto Color matrix 1: sRGB natural-looking hue and chroma Flash: Off File size: 1,090KB Image size: 2464 x 1648 Sharpness level: Off Custom Functions: CFn 3: Extended ISO sensitivity
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