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STS042-81-71

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Identification

Mission: STS042 Roll: 81 Frame: 71 Mission ID on the Film or image: STS42
Country or Geographic Name: ATLANTIC OCEAN
Features: CONTRAIL, CLOUDS
Center Point Latitude: Center Point Longitude: (Negative numbers indicate south for latitude and west for longitude)
Stereo: No (Yes indicates there is an adjacent picture of the same area)
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Camera Tilt: Low Oblique
Camera Focal Length: 250mm
Camera: HB: Hasselblad
Film: 5017 : Kodak, natural color positive, Ektachrome, X Professional, ASA 64, standard base.

Quality

Film Exposure: Normal
Percentage of Cloud Cover: 70 (51-75)

Nadir

Date: 19920124 (YYYYMMDD)GMT Time: 134308 (HHMMSS)
Nadir Point Latitude: 30.7, Longitude: -71.0 (Negative numbers indicate south for latitude and west for longitude)
Nadir to Photo Center Direction:
Sun Azimuth: 131 (Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point)
Spacecraft Altitude: 162 nautical miles (300 km)
Sun Elevation Angle: 22 (Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point)
Orbit Number: 32

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