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Dust and full moon

With full moon, stray moonlight can cause a serious shadowing effect on the dust grains on the CCD window. This will not flatfield out with twilight flats. Either dither the telescope to obtain flats while observing, or try to observe a different object, at a different part of the sky, for a while.




1999-11-12