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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
	12:25am
	12:44am
	1:00am Eclipse maximum
	1:18am
	1:40am See the red tinge on the dark side?
	2:00am
	2:20am

Here is an animation of the above frames.

Click on the animation to see a (slightly) larger (170k) version.

Here is another animated version (11k) of the above frames - this time arranged to highlight the shape of the shadow of Earth. 37k version.

All shots were taken on Kodak Elite Chrome transparency film.
Exposures were around 1/125th of a second, at prime focus of the 'scope.
The 'scope is a 120mm f/8.3 (1000mm f.l.) Chinese refractor.

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

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