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Re: VENUS, MARS, MOON ... and upcoming Camera double Lunars ?
From: Peter Monta
Date: 2015 Feb 20, 20:51 -0800
Cheers,
Peter
From: Peter Monta
Date: 2015 Feb 20, 20:51 -0800
Here are some snapshots. There are about 40 detectable stars in the second image, so astrometry should be possible.
Using the earthshine part of the disk may not be too bad for locating the Moon's center precisely. It's dim, so there's an SNR penalty, but it covers more of the circumference.