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Total Lunar eclipse March 3, 2007
The total Lunar eclipse of March 3, 2007 was ideally placed. The eclipse occured around midnight with the Moon high in the sky in the constelation Leo.
Numerous Team members observed the eclipse, three of them also estimated the Moon brightness during the eclipse. Jure Atanackov observed from the coastal region of Slovenia, using 11x70 binoculars. Javor Kac and Teo Mocnik observed from Maribor, using 7x50 and 10x50 binoculars, respectively. Jure Zakrajsek covered the eclipse with photographs through 15-cm refractor. About 500 people were shown the eclipsed Moon through numerous telescopes that were present at the public observation in Maribor, the second-largest city of Slovenia.
We estimated the Moon at mid-eclipse at L=2 on Danjon scale. The Moon brightness at maximum eclipse was -1m3, thus being the darkest observed eclipse by the Team since 2001.
Totally eclipsed Moon, shot from Maribor at 23:32 UT. Four-second exposure with 15-cm f/8 TMB refractor and Nikon D70 camera at ISO 800. Photo: Jure Zakrajsek and Javor Kac.
Moon brightness during March 3, 2007 total eclipse.
Circumstances of the Eclipse
Moon enters penumbra: 2007 Mar 03 20:16:23
Moon enters umbra: 2007 Mar 03 21:29:58
Start of totality: 2007 Mar 03 22:43:44
Maximum eclipse: 2007 Mar 03 23:20:50
End of totality: 2007 Mar 03 23:57:55
Moon leaves umbra: 2007 Mar 04 01:11:40
Moon leaves penumbra: 2007 Mar 04 02:25:21
Umbral magnitude: 1.134
Duration of total phase: 0h 52m 42s
The text, figures and photos on this page are © 2007 by MBK Team.
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All photos on this page are © MBK Team 2007.
Photos below were shot by Jure Zakrajsek and Javor Kac 15-cm f/8 TMB refractor and Nikon D70 camera:
20:29 UT, 1/800 s @ ISO 200
21:23 UT, 1/320 s @ ISO 200
21:42 UT, 1/500 s @ ISO 200
22:11 UT, 1/250 s @ ISO 200
22:33 UT, 1/30 s @ ISO 200
22:54 UT, 4 s @ ISO 800
23:23 UT, 4 s @ ISO 800
23:32 UT, 4 s @ ISO 800
23:34 UT, 4 s @ ISO 800
00:03 UT, 1/2 s @ ISO 800
00:32 UT, 1/125 s @ ISO 400
00:33 UT, 1/25 s @ ISO 400
Photo below was shot by Samo Trotosek with 15-cm f/8 TMB refractor Nikon D80 camera at ISO 800:
22:56 UT, 4 s
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