Total Lunar Eclipse | August 28, 2007 | Coyle Field
Images by Joe
Stieber, all taken with a Nikon D100 digital SLR (set to ISO 400),
and a
Nikkor 24-120 mm f/3.5-5.6 zoom lens;
automatic white balance; besides
size reduction, no processing
applied. Click images for larger versions.
Astronomical twilight begins at 4:45 am, partial phase begins at 4:51 am.
5:48 am; 2 sec at f/5.6, 50 mm focal length (the moon is only about 5 degrees high)
Nautical twilight begins at 5:20 am.
5:52 am; 2 sec at f/8, 24 mm focal length (resembles the naked-eye view)
Totality begins at 5:52 am.
5:53 am; 2 sec at f/8, 85 mm focal length
Civil Twilight Begins at 5:54 am.
6:00 am; 1
sec at f/8, 120 mm focal length (the totally-eclipsed moon is barely visible
and is at an azimuth of 253°)
The last
visual sighting of the moon was at 6:02 am using 10x42 binoculars. This was
20 minutes before sunrise (6:22 am), 22 minutes before moonset (6:24 am) at an
azimuth
of 257 degrees and 35 minutes before mid-eclipse
(6:37 am).