New Criterion for Lunar Crescent Visibility
Abstract
A new criterion for lunar crescent visibility has been established using 737 observations, almost half of them obtained by the Islamic Crescent Observation Project (ICOP). This criterion is based on two variables, viz. the topocentric arc of vision and the topocentric crescent width. The new model is able to predict the visibility of the lunar crescent both for naked eye and optically aided observations. From the database we found a Danjon limit of 6.4 degrees.
- Publication:
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Experimental Astronomy
- Pub Date:
- April 2004
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s10686-005-9002-5
- Bibcode:
- 2004ExA....18...39O
- Keywords:
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- Crescent;
- Moon