Total Lunar Eclipse | August 28, 2007 | Coyle Field

Images by Joe Stieber, all taken with a Nikon D100 digital SLR set to ISO 400,
automatic white balance; besides size reduction, no processing applied. Times
are EDT. Click images for larger versions (about 250K each).

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Astronomical twilight begins at 4:45 am, partial phase begins at 4:51 am.

5:48 am; 2 sec at f/5.6, 50 mm focal length (the moon is only about 5 degrees high)

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Nautical twilight begins at 5:20 am.

5:52 am; 2 sec at f/8, 24 mm focal length (resembles the naked-eye panorama)

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Totality begins at 5:52 am.

5:53 am; 2 sec at f/8, 85 mm focal length (how serene -- it's worth the trip to Coyle!)

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Civil Twilight Begins at 5:54 am.

6:00 am; 1 sec at f/8, 120 mm focal length (the totally-eclipsed moon is barely visible)

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The last visual sighting of the moon was at 6:02 am using 10x42 binoculars. This was
20 minutes before sunrise (6:22 am), 22 minutes before moonset (6:24 am) at an azimuth
of 257 degrees (a little south of due west) and 35 minutes before mid-eclipse (6:37 am).