Partial Lunar Eclipse 2006 September 7/8

Measurement of penumbra semi-diameter


Hello all,

A sequence of images, captured with a Nikon D70 at prime focus with a Orion ED80 refractor.
Times below images are local time, i.e. UT+3

http://www.pbase.com/sabbilsel/partial_lunar

Enjoy,
Sab.

 

These images were taken in Istanbul with a Nikon  D 70 high definition camera and show the subtle penumbra which has been measured at 1.31 and 1.314 degrees using Digimizer. The Moon was calibrated at 0.2787 degrees semi-diameter.

The yellow grey scale wand was set at 2 pixels wide and a mean position was chosen for the second penumbra measurement.

Produced by the Theodore Lunar Observatory Australia 2006 October 1