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Information on these pages is gleaned from many eclipse sites all over the world. Thanks to them, and especially to Fred Espenak of the Goddard Space Flight Center. Fred has unarguably the best eclipse resource on the Internet - be sure to visit his page. Click here to go there in a new window. |
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Please feel free to e-mail me with any comments or criticisms. Also, if you want any further information on the eclipses of 2001 & 2002, e-mail me. |
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In the years 2000 and 2001 there are two lunar eclipses of interest to Southern Africa. The 2000 July 16 eclipse has already passed and the next total lunar eclipse will take place on 2001 January 9. All of this eclipse will be visible in southern Africa, and also in the hours before midnight. Being the summer wet season, clouds may play a part. The circumstances of the 2001 January 9 event are detailed on this page. There will also be a partial lunar eclipse visible from southern Africa on 2001 July 5. |
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The total lunar eclipse of July 16 was not visible in South Africa. However, South Africans were treated to the wonderful sight of a partially eclipsed moon rising over the eastern horizon. In South Africa, the total phase had ended and the moon was leaving the Earth´s umbra during and after moonrise. I stationed myself on the roof of a nearby shopping mall which had a wonderful elevated view to the east. The eclipse was videotaped with a Panasonic VX37 video camera in VHS-C format, using zooms of 22x optical and 48x digital. During one of the filming sessions, I was fortunate to have a Boeing 737, with landing gear down and landing lights on track right across the partially eclipsed moon. A good friend (thanks Alden) arranged for a mpeg to be made of this section of videotape and it has been placed here for download. Some stills of the event of the event are also on this page. Full details of this eclipse are available from Fred Espenak´s site. |
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Download Peter´s video clip of a Boeing 737 transiting the partially eclipsed moon on 2000 July 16 (About 1.8 MB) |
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