ANALYSIS OF LUNAR ECLIPSE OBSERVATIONS

 -  BY BYRON W. SOULSBY, THEODORE LUNAR OBSERVATORY, AUSTRALIA

 

CRATER TIMING REDUCTIONS FOR 2004 MAY 4

 

OBSERVER DAVID PRINGLE-WOOD

 

NUMBER OF TIMINGS SUBMITTED  14

 

 

  IMMERSION TIMINGS 

 

FEATURE

TYPE

TIME (UT)

Rc

Ro

Ro - Rc

E %

PSI(+N/-S)

X

Y

R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GRIMALDI

MID

18.5236

 0.7400

 0.7514

 0.0114

 1.5371

-1.3112

-0.9114

-0.0911

 0.9159

ARISTARCHUS

MID

18.5712

 0.7397

 0.7509

 0.0112

 1.5138

 8.7250

-0.6530

 0.4012

 0.7664

KEPLER

MID

19.0050

 0.7395

 0.7494

 0.0098

 1.3301

 2.8478

-0.5799

 0.1400

 0.5966

COPERNICUS

MID

19.0904

 0.7394

 0.7477

 0.0082

 1.1155

 2.6329

-0.3011

 0.1674

 0.3446

PLATO

MID

19.1310

 0.7396

 0.7510

 0.0113

 1.5340

15.1805

-0.0755

 0.7808

 0.7845

TYCHO

MID

19.2605

 0.7395

 0.7480

 0.0085

 1.1504

-18.6133

-0.1121

-0.6854

 0.6945

CENSORINUS

MID

19.3648

 0.7397

 0.7465

 0.0068

 0.9232

-3.8586

 0.5756

-0.0079

 0.5757

PROCLUS

MID

19.3820

 0.7399

 0.7512

 0.0113

 1.5239

 2.2884

 0.7290

 0.2766

 0.7797

LANGRENUS

MID

19.4713

 0.7401

 0.7518

 0.0116

 1.5706

-8.0251

 0.8836

-0.1552

 0.8972

 

 

 

NUMBER OF OBSERVATIONS  9

MEAN % E FOR TIMINGS 1.3554,

STANDARD DEVIATION 0.2376,

MEAN ERROR  0.079

 

 

  EMERSION TIMINGS 

 

FEATURE

TYPE

TIME (UT)

Rc

Ro

Ro - Rc

E %

PSI(+N/-S)

X

Y

R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GRIMALDI

MID

21.1508

 0.7390

 0.7445

 0.0056

 0.7541

-47.1330

-0.9028

-0.0911

 0.9073

ARISTARCHUS

MID

21.2908

 0.7393

 0.7471

 0.0079

 1.0636

36.9430

-0.6384

 0.4012

 0.7540

KEPLER

MID

21.2801

 0.7388

 0.7473

 0.0085

 1.1501

42.8168

-0.5624

 0.1400

 0.5796

COPERNICUS

MID

21.3620

 0.7386

 0.7505

 0.0119

 1.6098

42.8970

-0.2807

 0.1674

 0.3268

TYCHO

MID

21.2326

 0.7378

 0.7481

 0.0103

 1.3959

-64.2010

-0.0996

-0.6854

 0.6926

 

 

 

NUMBER OF OBSERVATIONS  5

MEAN % E FOR TIMINGS 1.1947,

STANDARD DEVIATION 0.3264,

MEAN ERROR 0.146,


 

OBSERVER MIKE BEGBIE

 

NUMBER OF TIMINGS SUBMITTED  22

 

 

  IMMERSION TIMINGS 

 

FEATURE

TYPE

TIME (UT)

Rc

Ro

Ro - Rc

E %

PSI(+N/-S)

X

Y

R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GRIMALDI

1 C

18.5216

 0.7400

 0.7451

 0.0051

 0.6896

-1.2123

-0.9114

-0.0911

 0.9160

GRIMALDI

2 C

18.5306

 0.7400

 0.7562

 0.0162

 2.1945

-1.4612

-0.9114

-0.0911

 0.9159

ARISTARCHUS

1 C

18.5630

 0.7397

 0.7552

 0.0155

 2.0993

 8.8483

-0.6531

 0.4012

 0.7665

ARISTARCHUS

2 C

18.5714

 0.7397

 0.7527

 0.0130

 1.7639

 8.7191

-0.6530

 0.4012

 0.7664

COPERNICUS

1 C

19.0648

 0.7394