Observation by Tim Haymes: 14 Ceti Lunar Graze

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Tim Haymes

Observer

Tim Haymes

Observed

2022 Jul 19 - 02:00

Uploaded

2022 Jul 24 - 22:09

Objects

14-Cet

Equipment

Meade SN8 + 2x Barlow
EQ6 Pro - EQMOD
WAT-910HX/RC
GPSBOXSPRITE2-u Time inserter
Laptop for recording

Exposure

0.04s

Location

Near Morton-in-Marsh

Target name

14 Ceti and the Moon

Title

14 Ceti Lunar Graze

About this image

One of the better Lunar Grazes in the HBAA. The star was bright (5.9) and the graze was well away from the illuminated cusp allowing a good view. Travel and setup time from Oxford was about 1.5 hrs. The composite image shows the light curve obtained from software analysis of the AVI file, and underneath the results presented by Occult4 Software. Once the timings are made, Occult will draw the lunar limb and show where the observed points are. Of interest was the flash. Observation and calculation agreed. Grazes make a very sensitive test for the lunar theory and thus of scientific interest. I aim to do one graze per year circumstances permitting.

The video with my comment are on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiyYPksZHM0

Files associated with this observation

composite.JPG (101.8 kB)

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Peter Tickner, Alex Pratt, Peter Carson, Marc Charron

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