A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth is just between the Sun and the Moon; obviously this only can happen when the moon is full.
The Lunar Eclipse on March 3-4, 2007 started at 20:18 UT and ended at 02:23 UT.
The TOTALITY started at 22:44 UT and ended at 23:57 UT.
From my observatory I could see only the beginning of this eclipse: alas clouds spoiled the fun.
I have compiled an Astroshow of this Lunar Eclipse, so just have a look please.
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March 3, 2007 21:02 - 21:48 UT. Animation of the Lunar Eclipse; alas incomplete because of clouds. Imaging: William Optics Zenithstar 80 ED II APO f/6.8 with Mogg 0.6 Focal Reducer operating at about f/4.1 [focal length approx. 327mm]. |
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March 3, 2007 21:02 UT. Imaging: William Optics Zenithstar 80 ED II APO, f/6.8 with Mogg 0.6 Focal Reducer operating at about f/4.1 [focal length approx. 327 mm]. |
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March 3, 2007 21:07 UT. Imaging: William Optics Zenithstar 80 ED II APO, f/6.8 with Mogg 0.6 Focal Reducer operating at about f/4.1 [focal length approx. 327 mm]. |
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March 3, 2007 21:10 UT. Imaging: William Optics Zenithstar 80 ED II APO, f/6.8 with Mogg 0.6 Focal Reducer operating at about f/4.1 [focal length approx. 327 mm]. |
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March 3, 2007 21:13 UT. Imaging: William Optics Zenithstar 80 ED II APO, f/6.8 with Mogg 0.6 Focal Reducer operating at about f/4.1 [focal length approx. 327 mm]. |
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March 3, 2007 21:16 UT. Imaging: William Optics Zenithstar 80 ED II APO, f/6.8 with Mogg 0.6 Focal Reducer operating at about f/4.1 [focal length approx. 327 mm]. |
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March 3, 2007 21:19 UT. Imaging: William Optics Zenithstar 80 ED II APO, f/6.8 with Mogg 0.6 Focal Reducer operating at about f/4.1 [focal length approx. 327 mm]. |
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March 3, 2007 21:22 UT. Imaging: William Optics Zenithstar 80 ED II APO, f/6.8 with Mogg 0.6 Focal Reducer operating at about f/4.1 [focal length approx. 327 mm]. |
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March 3, 2007 21:25 UT. Imaging: William Optics Zenithstar 80 ED II APO, f/6.8 with Mogg 0.6 Focal Reducer operating at about f/4.1 [focal length approx. 327 mm]. |
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March 3, 2007 21:28 UT. Imaging: William Optics Zenithstar 80 ED II APO, f/6.8 with Mogg 0.6 Focal Reducer operating at about f/4.1 [focal length approx. 327 mm]. |
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March 3, 2007 21:31 UT. Imaging: William Optics Zenithstar 80 ED II APO, f/6.8 with Mogg 0.6 Focal Reducer operating at about f/4.1 [focal length approx. 327 mm]. |
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March 3, 2007 21:38 UT. Imaging: William Optics Zenithstar 80 ED II APO, f/6.8 with Mogg 0.6 Focal Reducer operating at about f/4.1 [focal length approx. 327 mm]. |
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March 3, 2007 21:41 UT. Imaging: William Optics Zenithstar 80 ED II APO, f/6.8 with Mogg 0.6 Focal Reducer operating at about f/4.1 [focal length approx. 327 mm]. |
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March 3, 2007 21:43 UT. Imaging: William Optics Zenithstar 80 ED II APO, f/6.8 with Mogg 0.6 Focal Reducer operating at about f/4.1 [focal length approx. 327 mm]. |
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March 3, 2007 21:45 UT. Imaging: William Optics Zenithstar 80 ED II APO, f/6.8 with Mogg 0.6 Focal Reducer operating at about f/4.1 [focal length approx. 327 mm]. |
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March 3, 2007 21:48 UT. Imaging: William Optics Zenithstar 80 ED II APO, f/6.8 with Mogg 0.6 Focal Reducer operating at about f/4.1 [focal length approx. 327 mm]. |
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March 3, 2007 21:45 UT. A late bird transiting the eclipsed moon ... |
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I used K3CCDTools to control the imaging and set the Video Capture Timer at 3 minutes and imaging during 20 seconds ( @ 15 fps). During the 'non imaging' gaps of 160 seconds I had time to make minor adjustments to the scope and camera settings, to make snapshots of my setup (see below) and of course enjoy the view. |
Here follows an impression of what I experienced in my observatory and imaged with my Nikon Coolpix 995
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March 3, 2007 21:22 UT. A view from my observatory. You see my laptop with K3CCDTools imaging the moon in interval mode, the moon just over the walls of my observatory [I was comfortably seated on the bench in my observatory with my Nikon Coolpix 995 pointing upwards]; the blue cord is used to hold a dark blue bath towel when imaging the sun and on the right is my LX200 [with the WO Zenithstar on top]. |
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March 3, 2007 21:30 UT. You see my laptop with K3CCDTools imaging the moon in interval mode, and the moon itself. |
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March 3, 2007 21:51 UT. The clouds have arrived ... |
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March 3, 2007 21:54 UT. A full cloud cover ... |
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March 3, 2007 22:17 UT. The best gap I had ... |
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