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Science at Parramatta High
Yet another Lunar Eclipse over Parramatta
— July 5&6 2001 —

Late on July the 5th, then a little into the 6th saw another July eclipse over Parramatta. Just a partial eclipse this time, but worth a look.

Look! The Earth is round, b'gosh!

	11:32pm local - Thursday 5th July
	11:40pm
	11:59pm
	12:10am Friday 6th July
	12:25am
	12:44am
	1:00am Eclipse maximum
	1:18am
	1:40am
	2:00am
	2:20am

Here is an animation of the above frames.

Bigger animation

I'm not happy with the quality of these scans.

The contrast is much better on the originals, and red earthshine is clearly visible on the "dark side" of the originals.

All shots were taken on Kodak Elite Chrome transparency film.
The 'scope is a 120mm f/8.3 (1000mm f.l.) Chinese refractor.
The transparencies look much better than the above scans.
full 35mm frame of eclipse
STOP PRESS!
All the above shots have been re-scanned (much better)!
Click here to see the new version of this page (4/10/01).

Our July eclipse gallery also features eclipses in 1999 and 2000.

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