Lunar Eclipses in 2003

Analysis of Observations of the Lunar Eclipse of 2003 November 9

provided by

Byron Soulsby - Theodore Lunar Observatory

The Observers were

Tim Cooper - Bredell Observatory South Africa, 2C and 3C were quite difficult, probably as a result of the small magnitude of totality. It was quite a bright eclipse, lots of yellow and orange, and a bluish outer umbra in the 8 inch.

Willian Souza - Sousas - SP - Brazil [location: 22º 51´ S; 46º58´W ; alt.:747m] Instrument: 135mm F/5 @ 34x ( sirius plossl eyepiece) homemade newtonian telescope.

Antonio Coelho - Brasilia - DF - Brazil [location: 15º45´ S; 47º55´W ; alt.:1170m] PARALELO'15 Observatory - member of R.E.A./Brazil, Instrument: SCT Meade 0,20m F/10 @ 80x.

Felipe E. Hodar, email: fhodar@rioglass.com.br

Willian Filby, Thetford, Vermont, USA email: fishhead@troutstar.com

Helio C. Vital, I was forced to observe it through gaps among low-lying clouds

that covered about 50% of the sky over Rio de Janeiro. That reduced

the number of my observations to about half of what I usually get.

Mid-crater timings performed with a 60-mm f/13.3 refractor at 40x:

Other observers from Brasil

Jeremy Johnson from Canada

For the Summary of crater timings

For the details of Observer's crater timing analysis

For the details of Observer's oblateness analysis

For the details of Observer's image analysis