Total Lunar Eclipse 3.-4. March 2007
Ole Nielsen, J.-L. Dighaye
The total lunar eclipse in the night from 03 to 04 March 2007 was observed
by many EurAstro members.Here a report from local chairman Ole Nielsen:
Good luck here in the Netherlands during the national stargazing days. A
vicious little low pressure system past over during daytime but near
midnight the sky really cleared up providing a splendid view of the
eclipsed moon. I made pictures at Rob Lefeber in 's Gravenzande near
Hoek van Holland. Rob is the chairman of the Dutch Astrophotography
Association (and the owner of Robtics astroshop). Details: C5 at f/6.3,
Canon 350D, ISO 200, 8 sec.
Central chairman Jean-Luc Dighaye reports his Belgian observations:
The sky was generally clear at LAC - sometimes with clouds or haze.
I took many images and I observed with 15x50 image-stabilised
binoculars and with freshly re-coated "Albert" at 90x450. In the latter,
the eclipsed Moon looked quite bright, with plenty of stars, galaxies and
even an asteroid nearby - only a composite image
can show that impression; single images
taken with the 520/2.7 astrograph don't show deep-sky objects, or they are
overexposed.
In fact, though, the eclipse was a rather dark one,
maximum 2.5 on the Danjon scale. Using a Celestron 8, I took
near-infrared
images before and during totality with the modified Canon 5D, and
true colour images after totality with the 1DsII.
Composite
images have stretched dynamic ranges to show both umbra and sunlit portions.
TLE110
TLE097
TLE081
TLE117
TLE of 03-04 March 2007 from LAC, Belgium, using a C8.
Upper and medium rows: modified Canon 5D, 21:12, 22:11, 23:24, 00:07 UTC.
Lower row: Canon 1DsII, 00:20 & 00:38.
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