Astrophotography by Anthony Ayiomamitis

Solar and Lunar Eclipse Image Gallery

Ever since man's first appearance on this planet, eclipses have been regarded as both mystical and devine with some cultures, for example, associating a lunar eclipse with the imminent arrival of death, war and/or famine. Although the distance of the moon and sun from earth vary dramatically (400,000 vs 150,000,000 km, respectively), the apparent size of these two heavenly bodies is such that they give the impression during an eclipse, solar or lunar, to be virtually identical (ie. about 30 arc-minutes in angular size). A total eclipse represents the unique occurrence in space and time where the sun, moon and earth are perfectly alligned as three collinear points on the same orbital plane. When the collinearity is not perfect but one of these three bodies is slightly higher or lower in the plane, we have a partial eclipse. Of course, a solar eclipse occurs when the moon lies perfectly between the sun and the earth, thus eclipsing the solar disk. In contrast, a lunar eclipse occurs when the earth lies between the sun and moon and, thus, the moon is hidden by the earth's shadow.

Note: For a time series of the eclipse, please click here.

Total Lunar Eclipse: 2007-03-03/04
Stage
P-1
U-1
U-2
Max
U-3
U-4
P-4
Description
Penumbra
(First contact)
Umbra
(First contact)
Umbra Complete
(Start of Totality)
Maximum
Totality
Penumbra
(End of Totality)
Penumbra
(Full)
Penumbra
(End)
Time (UT+2)
22:18:11
23:30:22
00:44:13
01:20:56
01:57:37
03:11:28
04:23:44
Az / Alt
126.61 ° / +46.31 °
150.80 ° / +55.34 °
183.69 ° / +58.26 °
200.16 ° / +56.64 °
214.65 ° / +53.23 °
236.79 ° / +42.73 °
252.00 ° / +29.97 °

Image Details
Total Lunar Eclipse: 2007-03-03/04
Imaging Details
Body:
Moon

Mass:
0.0123 x Earth

Mean Eq Diameter:
0.2719 x Earth

Distance:
402,206 km

Sidereal Rev:
27d 07h 43m 11s

Age:
14d 18h 20m

Diameter:
30.11'

Saros Cycle:
123

Magnitude:
Penumb+2.3192
Umbral+1.2331

Duration:
Penumb6h 08m 58s
Umbral3h 41m 42s
Total 1h 14m 11s
Date:
Mar 04, 2007
01:53:09 UT+2


Location:
Athens, Greece

Equipment:
AP 160 f/7.5 StarFire EDF
AP 1200GTO GEM
Canon EOS 300d


Exposure(s):
1 x 13 sec
ISO 400
RAW image format
3072x2048 image size
Manual Mode


Software:
Canon FileViewer V1.3.2
Photoshop CS-II


Processing:
RAW to TIFF (16-bit) Conv
Resampling
JPG Compression