THE 1997 LUNAR ECLIPSE OBSERVER

Amended 1997 April 16, changed 2001 March 30

A web page from the CALWELL LUNAR OBSERVATORY

Prepared by Byron W. Soulsby, 23 Andrew Crescent,
Calwell, Australian Capital Territory, 2905 Australia

e-mail minnah@netspeed.com.au

Picture 1 KbCALWELL LUNAR OBSERVATORY

Longitude 149o 06 ' 00.9 "(E), Latitude -35o 26 ' 31.4 "(S), Elevation 630 m.

 

The observatory logo above is a thumbnail of my first CCD image analysed from the 1990 February 9 eclipse.

VISIBILITY OF THE 1997 SEPTEMBER 16 TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE

Additional details concerning the 1997 September 16-17 total lunar eclipse are given below.

Further details follow concerning the visibilty of the moon from SELECTED CITIES:

For the times of primary contacts click * here.

 

LUNAR LATITUDES AT PRIME CONTACTS in D.DD, - S, + N

Latitude at 1 C is 14.35

Latitude at 2 C is -43.89

Latitude at 3 C is -58.23

Latitude at 4 C is 28.65

VALUES OF MOON's RA(H.MS) & DEC(D.MS) FOR ECLIPSE OF 97SEP16

FOR 1 C 23.341143, -3.060665,

FOR 2 C 23.365468, -2.525179,

FOR 3 C 23.392676, -2.402969,

FOR 4 C 23.420987, -2.271223,

TIME(H.MS), X, Y, F2, SC, C, F1(D.DD) AND LUNAR MOTION(D.DD/MINUTE)

17.0804, -0.8175, -0.6651, 0.7748, 0.2790, -24.7889, 1.3158, 0.00979

18.1520, -0.1802, -0.4621, 0.7748, 0.2789, -24.8194, 1.3158, 0.00978

19.1802, 0.4138, -0.2728, 0.7748, 0.2789, -24.8445, 1.3158, 0.00979

20.2518, 1.0510, -0.0697, 0.7747, 0.2789, -24.8681, 1.3158, 0.01005

(X,Y) = Besselian coordinates of Moon's centre,

F2 = umbral semi-diameter, Sc = Moon's semi-diameter,

C = angle of Moon's axis, F1 = penumbral semi-diameter,

all in decimal degrees, and the moon's motion in decimal degrees per minute

CORRECTED VALUES OF PRIMARY CONTACTS FOR ECLIPSE OF 1997 September 16-17

The improved lunar eclipse ephemeris (ILEE) gives the following primary contact corrected universal times (in Hours.Minutes Seconds) when using an umbral oblateness value of 1/102 determined by many observations. The difference from the Astronomical Almanac times are given as DELTA T in seconds.

 

Time for 1 C: 17.0812, DELTA T (SEC): 8.68 LATER

Time for 2 C: 18.1606, DELTA T (SEC): 46.41 LATER

Time for 3 C: 19.1747, DELTA T (SEC): 14.66 EARLIER

Time for 4 C: 20.2513, DELTA T (SEC): 4.32 EARLIER

VISIBILITY OF THE MOON AT SELECTED SITES

 

BONN Germany

Contact

Altitudeo

Azimutho

1 C

-4.84

88.92

2 C

5.38

101.45

3 C

14.51

113.61

4 C

23.37

127.94

ATHENS Greece

1 C

8.40

100.84

2 C

20.67

111.73

3 C

31.23

123.68

4 C

40.86

139.81

WIEN Austria

1 C

-20.22

70.88

2 C

-9.59

83.50

3 C

0.56

94.66

4 C

11.27

106.86

ADELAIDE South Australia

1 C

41.42

302.66

2 C

29.42

289.31

3 C

17.41

279.39

4 C

4.15

269.94

BRUSSELS Belgium

1 C

-6.21

87.26

2 C

4.11

99.72

3 C

13.38

111.72

4 C

22.49

125.79

BRISBANE Queensland Australia

1 C

34.11

286.19

2 C

19.95

277.39

3 C

6.53

270.38

4 C

-7.89

263.05

SYDNEY New South Wales Australia

1 C

33.36

291.47

2 C

20.35

280.69

3 C

7.83

272.06

4 C

-5.69

263.16

CANBERRA Australian Capital Territory

1 C

34.37

293.86

2 C

21.69

282.45

3 C

9.41

273.41

4 C

-3.91

264.20

MELBOURNE Victoria Australia

1 C

36.06

298.94

2 C

24.14

286.27

3 C

12.38

276.36

4 C

-0.49

266.50

HOBART Tasmania Australia

1 C

31.95

299.63

2 C

20.90

286.42

3 C

9.96

275.68

4 C

-2.01

264.76

PERTH Western Australia

1 C

57.38

329.07

2 C

47.95

307.18

3 C

36.77

293.47

4 C

23.59

282.57

JOHANNESBURG South Africa

1 C

16.89

85.12

2 C

31.14

76.74

3 C

43.89

66.60

4 C

56.18

50.03

WELLINGTON New Zealand

1 C

13.13

277.72

2 C

0.96

266.99

3 C

-10.28

256.93

4 C

-21.83

245.13

LONDON England (BAA Site)

1 C

-9.24

83.47

2 C

1.09

95.94

3 C

10.52

107.74

4 C

19.95

121.38

MADRID Spain

1 C

-7.23

87.85

2 C

5.13

98.29

3 C

16.34

108.52

4 C

27.62

121.06

LISBON Portugal

1 C

-3.14

91.45

2 C

9.51

101.55

3 C

20.88

111.79

4 C

32.14

124.80

ROME Italy

1 C

-0.62

93.62

2 C

11.39

104.50

3 C

22.04

115.62

4 C

32.35

129.68

PARIS France

1 C

-11.12

82.41

2 C

-0.02

94.23

3 C

10.17

105.37

4 C

20.50

118.29

SANDRO BARONI Milan Italy

1 C

-3.39

90.97

2 C

7.97

102.50

3 C

18.09

113.94

4 C

27.96

127.90

CALWELL LUNAR OBSERVATORY Canberra Australia

1 C

34.08

293.97

2 C

21.47

282.50

3 C

9.25

273.38

4 C

-4.00

264.07

Wollongong New South Wales Australia

1 C

32.74

291.49

2 C

19.82

280.62

3 C

7.39

271.86

4 C

-6.02

262.80

Other Cities can be READILY ADDED TO THE LIST if YOUR observing site information is provided * Here.

* for the Observers Guide on the 1997 September 16-17 Lunar Eclipse

* for the 1997 September 16-17 Lunar Eclipse Crater Timing predictions

* for the 1997 September 16-17 Lunar Eclipse Occultation predictions

* About the Lunar Eclipse Observer

* Return to the 1997 September 16-17 Lunar Eclipse Page

* Return to the Lunar Eclipse Observer Home Page

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