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A wonderful eclipse worth staying up all night for: no wind, an earlier rain shower had cleared the air, it was just cool enough to require a coat; coffee and cocoa were appreciated at intervals. Watching the moonset just beat out sunrise by minutes was marvelous. In 8x56 binoculars the blue band due to ozone was most visible about halfway through each side of partial eclipse.
On average I would rate this eclipse as Danjon 2, but it's a compromise. The Moon's darker side nearer the center of Earth's shadow should be 1 while the other side was considerably brighter with a dull red color that would rate 3.
Image data:
#1: composite timelapse (every 4 minutes) from 2:44am-6:56am MST (moonset)
#2: selected frames from the telescope
#3: the eclipsed Moon (near the start of totality) in the constellation Leo
#4: camera setups (wide-field and visual on left, telescopic on right)
Astro data:
For the early morning of Mar 3, 2026.
Twilight times (from sunrisesunset.com):
am MST
dawn (astro twi.) starts: 5:37
nautical twi. starts: 6:07
civil twi. starts: 6:37
sunrise: 7:03
Eclipse timings (from RASC Observer's Handbook 2026, UT-7h=MST):
UT am MST
Penumbral eclipse begins: 08:43 1:43
Partial eclipse begins: 09:49 2:49
Total eclipse begins: 11:03 4:03
Mid-eclipse: 11:33 4:33
Total eclipse ends: 12:02 5:02
Partial eclipse ends: 13:17 6:17
Penumbral eclipse ends: 14:23 7:23
Photo data:
Panasonic cameras
G9--closeups thru scope, GX8--timelapse wide view, FZ300--miscellaneous
#1: Panasonic GX8, Leica Summilux 15mm lens, tripod
... 64 frames x (f/4, 1-1/1000 sec, ISO 400), cadence: 4 minutes
... FOV: 60°x47°
... date: Mar 3, 2026 2:44am-6:56am
#2: Panasonic G9, Askar FRA 600, iOptron GEM45G
... 17 frames x (f/5.6, 1-1/2000 sec, ISO 400)
#3: Panasonic FZ300 24x superzoom at 2x (50mm FFE), tripod
... 1 x (f/2.8, 10 sec, ISO 400)
... N to upper right, W clockwise; FOV: 38°x29°
#4: Panasonic FZ300 24x superzoom at 2x (50mm FFE), tripod
... each pane: (f/2.8, 10 sec, ISO 400)
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