On 2003 November 08/09 the second total lunar eclipse of the year 2003 took
place above Germany.
During this eclipse the moon only crossed the southernmost fringes of the earth's
shadow. Thus, the difference in brightness on the lunar disc varied from bright
yellow (fring of the shadow) to dark brown (center of the shadow) .
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: 3000mm and 1890mm (reduced focal length)
Focal ration: 10 and 6.3 (reduced focal length)
Films: Kodak Elitechrome 200 ASA slide film and Kodak Ektachrome 200 ASA slide
film
Location: Paul-Baumann-Observatory at Klein-Winternheim, Germany
Dates of the eclipse:
Entry of penumbra: 22:15 UTC
Entry of umbra (1st contact): 23:32 UTC
Begin of totality (2nd contact): 01:06 UTC
End of totality (3rd contact): 01:31 UTC
Exit of umbra (4th contact): 03:05 UTC
Exit of penumbra: 04:22 UTC
The following pictures document the first partial phase and the totality of the lunar eclipse.
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