2021-10-29, 05:01 PM
I've been interested in observing this crescent moons since the late 80s. I was looking at adding SkyTools to my observing toolkit for those planning sessions. How do I get the Apparent Data in the Object Info to feed the refracted/apparent altitude instead of the true altitude? And the Interactive Atlas view to show refracted location?
These thin crescent moons are generally located near the horizon, anywhere from 14° (easy) to only 1° (not so easy). Also, the crescent might have a very small elongation from the Sun and under 1% illumination.
Any hints on setting these up within the Interactive Atlas would be appreciated. I generally use my 10x70 binoculars to hunt these while the Sun is down ~4° - works good from a lot of experience. I'm working to incorporated ST4v into the planning of future hunts.
These thin crescent moons are generally located near the horizon, anywhere from 14° (easy) to only 1° (not so easy). Also, the crescent might have a very small elongation from the Sun and under 1% illumination.
Any hints on setting these up within the Interactive Atlas would be appreciated. I generally use my 10x70 binoculars to hunt these while the Sun is down ~4° - works good from a lot of experience. I'm working to incorporated ST4v into the planning of future hunts.