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Lunar
Gallery news:
Tuesday, April 25, 2000 11:54 PM
Added a new gallery of a Full Moon
February 18 7:00PM-1:30AM with lots of photography and relative
information click here.
Tuesday, April 13, 2000 1:21 AM
There is also a lot of lunar black
and white photography available at a new gallery called the absence
of color gallery.
Monday, April 3, 2000 11:21 PM
Added a small java applet
to the bottom to calculate the moon phases. based on an algorithim from
the us navy Astronomical Applications
Department
Total Lunar Eclipse:
2000 January 20-21:
What a spectacular night!
A bright red totality with an ultra clear night made for night photography!
I threw this gallery up quick until I get more time to devote to the
massive amount of data I Have. Basically I Recorded the entire event
on hi8mm digital video with a camcorder and snappied it right of the
tapes. I also used a mega slow shutter speed on my Nikon and another
digital camera hack to get the results I needed the 35mm black and whites
should be in soon so those will be hi res. I was able to get most of
the phases from the Earth's umbral shadow, all the way to totality.
The pic above was submitted to a
NASA contest and The Dr. Sky website
my intention was to get a phase chart out quick so the quality is not
great. It was a grueling task indeed the temperature was about 22 degrees
and a little windy. The Equipment had to be placed outside an hour before
to acclimate to the cold temperature otherwise I would have had some
major foggy shots! I plan on putting more shots of the phasing and eventual
totality and perhaps some video as well so check back soon!
Here are some links for
further study:
The table
below lists every lunar eclipse from 1999 through 2002. Click on the
eclipse Date to see a map and diagram of an eclipse. Click on the Region
of Eclipse Visibility to see a detailed description of an eclipse.
| Date
| Eclipse
Type
| Umbral
Magnitude
| Total
Duration
| Geographic Region
of
Eclipse Visibility
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1999 Jan 31
|
Penumbral
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-0.021
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-
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Europe, Africa, Asia, Pacific
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1999 Jul 28
|
Partial
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0.402
|
-
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e Asia, Pacific, Americas
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2000 Jan 21
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Total
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1.330
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78m
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Pacific, Americas, Europe, Africa
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2000 Jul 16
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Total
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1.773
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108m
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Asia, Pacific, w Americas
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2001 Jan 09
| Total
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1.195
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01h02m
| e
Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia
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2001 Jul 05
| Partial
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0.499
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-
| e
Africa, Asia, Aus., Pacific
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2001 Dec 30
| Penumbral
| -0.110
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-
| e
Asia, Aus., Pacific, Americas
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2002 May 26
| Penumbral
| -0.283
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-
| e
Asia, Aus., Pacific, w Americas
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2002 Jun 24
| Penumbral
| -0.788
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-
| S.
America, Europe, Africa, c Asia, Aus.
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2002 Nov 20
| Penumbral
| -0.222
|
-
| Americas,
Europe, Africa, e Asia
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