Total Lunar Eclipse April 3, 1996

Very bright eclipse moon was a bright orange at totality.  Viewed from my home in Wayside Maryland.  Moon rose already partially eclipsed.

William E. Rison

Total phase
  Totality began at 6:26 PM EST and ended at 7:53 PM EST.  Mid eclipse was at 7:10 PM EST.  Totality lasted for 1 hour 27 minutes.

total



15 seconds






Photography Data:
Celestron C11 11" Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, 2800mm focal length, f/10 reduced to 1757mm f/6.3
  with Celestron reducer/corrector
Miranda Labotory III 35mm camera, Koda Gold 400 print film
Ulead PhotoImpact software

Equipment
  I used a Celestron C11 Schmidt-Cassegrain.  The telescope was attached to a Losmandy G-11 mount with a RA motor drive.
CG-11



Celestron CG-11 279mm (11") Schmidt-Cassegrain
2800mm focal length f/10

Celestron / Losmandy G-11 equatorial mount




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


November 4, 2004