Total Lunar Eclipse December 9, 1992

This was a very dark eclipse, if you did not know where to look the moon was hard to see.  I viewed this eclipse at my brother's home in Pisgah Maryland.  Cold night tempatures in the upper 20's.
William E. Rison

Total phase
  Totality began at 6:06 PM EST and ended at 7:21 PM EST.  Mid eclipse was at 6:44 PM EST.  Totality lasted for 1 hour 15 minutes.

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Photography Data:
TeleVue Genesis APO 101mm (4") refractor telescope, 500mm focal length, f/5
Nikon FM2, Scotchchrome 400 slide film
Ulead PhotoImpact software

Equipment
  I used my brother's TeleVue Genesis refractor, A.Jaegers refractor and Celestron C90 to view the eclipse.
TeleVue

TeleVue Genesis APO 101mm (4") refractor
500mm focal length f/5
Telescope


A.Jaegers 54mm (2") refractor
762mm focal lenght, f/14


Celestron C90 Maksutov-Cassegrain 90mm (3.5")
1000mm focal length f/11




Eclipse Information
  
Charts showing the timing of eclipse events and sky location of moon at mid-eclipse.
visibility chartSky chart


November 4, 2004