On 2003 May 16th a very interesting lunar eclipse took place over Germany.
The totally eclipsed moon and the already fully risen sun were both above the
horizon.
But because of the bright morning sky it was impossible to observe the totally
eclipsed moon at that time.
Though one could almost see nothing of the totality, it was still a nice eclipse.
The earth' shadow seemed to be relatively dark, hence even the partially eclipsed
moon did not appear in orange colors but only in brown shades.
I captured a couple of pictures of this celestial event as I did with many others before.
Technical details:
Camera: Canon EOS 50E
Optics: 12-inch Meade LX200 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope
Focal length: 1890mm (reduced focal length)
Focal ration: 6.3
Film: Kodak Elitechrome 200 ASA slide film
Location: Paul-Baumann-Observatory at Klein-Winternheim, Germany
Dates of the eclipse:
Entry of penumbra: 01:05 UTC
Entry of umbra (1st contact): 02:03 UTC
Begin of totality (2nd contact): 03:14 UTC
Sunrise: 03:41 UTC
Moonset: 03:49 UTC
End of totality (3rd contact): 04:06 UTC
Exit of umbra (4th contact): 05:17 UTC
Exit of penumbra: 06:15 UTC
The following pictures document the first partial phase, the sunrise, an observation of Mars, as well as the transit of the ISS and an Iridium flare during the lunar eclipse.
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