Isabella Plains Lunar Observatory Australia

Images by Bernard Durand at http://www.cig.canon-europe.com/a?i=9pnfLV0TLC
have been measured using Digimizer software.
These images can be best seen at Bernard's address above or you can download a pdf file at:
http://www.netspeed.com.au/minnah/2008/Bernard.pdf

Bernard's site  "Le Sauze du Lac", France is at latitude 44.4775 degrees N, longitude 6.3133 degrees E, elevation 1050 m.


Extended Measurements.

Another set of measurements were made of additional images provided by Bernard and calibrated more closely to the slight change in the Moon's semi-diameter which occured during the eclipse. These extended measurements were averaged with the earlier set to produce the final comparison of the measurements and predicted values which can be seen here.


The above link  shows the mean of two sets of measurements with a very interesting result just after first contact (1C)
where the foreshortening effect of the Moon's curvature is shown where Fi rises from zero at 1C through low values up
 to a more constant value of umbral semi-diameter, expected to be 0.6983o at first contact down to 0.6969o at fourth contact.


For a full explanation of this project see here and here.


Produced by the Isabella Plains Lunar Observatory Australia, 20081002.