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Andrés,

I did not get out to do lunars with Jupiter, but I did get a series of good Moon-Venus shots on January 29th.

The viewing and physical conditions were perfect.

MOON-VENUS LUNARS
- January 29, 2019
- Moon waning crescent (23 days old)
- KP Lat 28° 41.1'N  Lon 082° 18.2'W
- WE = 00:00"
- IE= -0.2' off   IC= +0.2' on- perfect viewing conditions, very dark, no wind
- GMT, location, timing and night lighting from GPS Anti Spoof Pro
- easy and stable car hood shooting position, physically quite comfortable
- Lunar reduction, Frank's web Lunars Calculator
- Lunar-body time and Geocentric Distances from Frank's web Predicted Geocentric Lunar Distances
- Astra IIIB with 7x35 scope  IE based on Venus, small error -0.2' not worth resetting mirrors for
- all shots NEAR limb

LUNARS SUMMARY
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                     Near Limb    Cleared
Sight  GMT      LD               LD        Error  Comment
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  1.  11:06:55   24° 50.1'   48° 58.7'  -1.1' <-- rejected
  2.  11:09:27   24° 51.1'   48° 58.3'   0.6'
  3.  11.11:23   24° 49.6'   48° 59.9'  -0.4'
  4.  11:13:43   24° 48.7'   49° 00.8'  -0.6'
  5.  11:14:31   24° 48.9'   49° 01.5'  -0.2'
  6.  11:16:35   24° 48.4'   49° 02.9'  -0.1'    LD same as 7
  7.  11:17:13   24° 48.4'   49° 03.6'   0.1'    LD same as 6
  8.  11:18:15   24° 47.8'   49° 05.2'  -0.2'    LD same as 9
  9.  11:19:16   24° 47.8'   49° 05.7'   0.1'    LD same as 8
10.  11:20:09   24° 47.5'   49° 06.7'   0.0'    <-- fluke
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Comment: shot 6 and 7 were same observed LD. The error sign flippes from negative to positive as

the observed distance was less than it should have been at 6 to now being more than true distance at shot 7 a minute later.


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LUNARS TIME BRACKET
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                           Predicted         Cleared          Lunars              
           GMT       Geocentric         Lunar            Computed     Computed vs
Sight   Time      Lunar Distance  Distance        Time              Actual GMT      Comment
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Almanac 11:00:00    25° 40.8'                                       
       1.     11:06:55                        25° 36.3'       11:09:21    2Min 26sec fast    worst case
       6.     11:16:35                        25° 32.7'       11:16:49             14sec fast
       8.     11:18:15                        25° 31.8'       11:18:41               2sec fast    a good one
     10.     11:20:09                        25° 31.1'       11:20:08               1sec slow   a fluke
Almanac 12:00:00    25° 11.9'                                       
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* from web Predicted Geocentric Lunar Distances app

Ed