| Designation |
Fully eclipsed Moon |
| Object type |
Moon |
| Description |
When the full moon passes through
earth's central shadow (umbra) no direct sunlight can reach it. It turns
very dim and faint stars, the Milky Way and the Magellanic Clouds become
visible. The orange-reddish glow is caused by sunlight that is refracted
by the earth's atmosphere. Because the moon did not travel
through the center of the umbra its top (northern) edge is much
brighter. Conditions were very good at Antilhue for
this event: completely clear skies, good transparancy and the moon was
more than 70 degrees high in the sky. |
| Exposure |
RGB 10:10:20 s @ -18°C |
| Camera |
SBIG ST-10XE + SBIG CFW-8 Filter
Wheel with SBIG (CS) RGB Filterset |
| Optics |
Astro-Physics AP155EDFS +
Astro-Physics Focal Reducer working at f/5.9 |
| Mount |
Astro-Physics AP1200GTO |
| Software |
MaxIm DL/CCD, Adobe
Photoshop 6.0 |
| Location - Date - Time |
San Esteban (Chile) - 16May2003 -
03:40 UTC |
| Conditions |
Transparency 7, Seeing 6, Temperature
+ 5 °C |
