Total Lunar Eclipse

• Wednesday 20 February 2008• The Franklin Institute Science Museum

and• The Rittenhouse Astronomical Society

Present the Moon to the PublicBegins: 8:43pm EST

Totality: 10:10-10:51pm ESTEnds: 12:09 am EST Feb. 21

Lunar Luminaries

Left to RightDerrick Pitts – F.I. Chief AstronomerDr. Ken Kremer – NASA “Ambassador to the Solar SystemAlan Daroff – R.A.S. Vice PresidentTed Williams – R.A.S. Secretary

Eclipses in the Solar System

Earth, Mars, and Saturn Eclipse Pictures, Solar and Lunar

How it Works

Chinese Dragons to Scare off Demons

• The kids love them!

Derrick Pitts Explains the Eclipse

• The Public had a good view from the Bloom Observatory on the roof

Early Totality

• The Moon is Red in Earth’s Shadow, about 10pm EST• Saturn is to the Left, Regulus Above

Even Darth Vader Showed up!

• That’s no Moon, it’s a Space Station! No wait, it is a Moon.

Leaving Totality

• The limb of the moon shines white

Close up

• Through the 25cm Zeiss Refractor

Out of the Umbra

• The Moon returns to white, but is still partly in shadow

The last Shadow

• The eclipse ends after midnight

The Small Print

• With thanks to:– The Franklin (the Franklin Institute Science

Museum) www.FI.edu– The Rittenhouse Astronomical Society

www.RittenhouseAstronomicalSociety.org– NASA – Eclipse Diagram– Philadelphia Suns Dragon Dancers– Dalex – Photos Copyright 2008