Total Lunar Eclipse February 20, 2008

I viewed this eclipse with my wife Sherry at our home in Wayside Maryland.
William E. Rison

Total phase
  Totality began at 10:01 PM EST and ended at 10:51 PM EST.  Mid eclipse was at 10:26 PM EST.  Totality lasted for  25 minutes.

total
Total total
  10:43 PM EST
2 seconds
No processing done.

10:43 PM EST
2 seconds moon
10 seconds stars
Light levels adjusted.

10:43 PM EST
Top right clockwise
2 sec, 1 sec, 4 sec, 1/2 sec.
No processing done.


Photography Data:
Stellarvue SV80S APO refractor telescope, 80mm (3.5") objecive, 480mm focal length, f/6
Canon 20D digital SLR camera, ISO 200, 8.2 megapixels
Ulead PhotoImpact 11 software

Equipment
  I used a Stellarvue SV80S APO refractor.  The telescope was attached to a Astro-Physics 900GTO mount.   The observatory is from Sirius observatories of Australia.  Visual only observing was also done using a Tasco 11x80mm binoculars and Meade 12" LX200R Advanced Rictchey-Chrétien.
BT80M-A




Meade LX200R (blue tube)
305mm (12") 
Advanced Rictchey-Chrétien
3048mm focal length f/10

Stellarvue SV80S
(white tube)
80mm (3") APO refractor telescope
480mm F.L. f/6


Astro-Physics 900GTO equatorial mount

Sirius Home model o
bservatory, 7 1/2 feet diameter




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


February 22, 2008