TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE - Tuesday 28th August 2007

On Tuesday 28th August 2007 the Full Moon disappeared when it was high in the sky! This rare event known as a lunar eclipse happens when the Moon moves into the Earth's Shadow. At first a small bite of the Moon disappeared and then the Earth's shadow progressively covered the Moon until it was completely covered at 9:52pm. It remained covered until 11:22pm when the Moon slowly started to emerge from the Earth's shadow. At totality the Full Moon often has a beautiful dark orange/red appearance.

The following are photos of the event taken by members of the Gisborne Astronomical Society...

Eclipse sequence - John Drummond - (note, cloud prevented the beginning being photographed)

9:29pm		9:34pm		9:37pm		9:42pm
9:48pm		9:51pm - 1 min until Total		9:59pm		10:03pm
10:08pm		10:10pm		10:29pm		10:32pm
10:34pm		10:37pm - mid eclipse - click		10:53pm		10:59pm
11:12pm		11:13pm - total nearly over		11:28pm		11:33pm
11:39pm		11:47pm		11:52pm		11:57pm
12:02pm		12:05pm		12:10pm		12:14pm
12:18pm		12:21pm		12:23pm		12:26pm - all but over...

REMEMBER...

Public Viewing Nights are held every Tuesday (except Christmas/New Year) at the Cook Observatory. Cost is $2 per person. Please note the following times: Winter - door closes at 7:30pm. Summer - door closes at 8:30pm

We hold a monthly meeting on the LAST WEDNESDAY of each month - except December (where we will have an earlier December end-of-year party) and January (when people are on holiday). Monthly meetings start at 7:30pm and are held at the Cook Observatory, Kaiti Hill, Gisborne (map)...

The NEXT monthly meeting (August) will be: