Total Lunar Eclipse, June 2011 - Observational Report June 2011

1º - Team:

Antônio Rosa Campos - CEAMIG - REA/Brasil – AWB

Breno de Castro Campos – CEAMIG

João Batista França Nunes – CEAMIG

João Marcos de Almeida Pinto – VTOL

Ricardo José Vaz Tolentino - VTOL

2º - Observational Site:

Lat.: 20° 05' 05.4" S;

Long: 43° 57' 42,1" W;

Height.: 1.401 meters (above sea level)

3º - Equipments:

1 - MEADE 102 ED/APO EMC, 65.7 power;

2 - Refrator ORION EON 80mm ED APO, Tripot VIXEN Door and Camera ORION StarShoot Solar System III;

3 – Bushnell Binoculars 12 X 50;

4 – Stopwatch Casio 617 WL-100.

4º - Signal Time:

(National Observatory, Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brazil) – Time Service Department - DSHO.

5º - Emersion:

6º - Contact U4 = 22:03:06:78

7º - Danjon Number (Estimate)

Estimate in 20:55 (TU) = Number in Danjon Scale = 1.5

8º - Lunar Magnitude:

Unable to perform this estimate. Moon near the horizon, a great amount of air pollution and the presence of clouds.

9º - Photograph Records:

In this photographic sequence, Professor Ricardo Tolentino was used Refractor Telescope Orion EON 80mm ED APO, Vixen Porta Tripod and Camera ORION StarShoot Solar System III. 

10º Image Gallery: