Lunar eclipse recorded

Lunar eclipse recorded

BANDUNG, West Java: A team of students and lecturers on Sunday
night succeeded in recording a penumbral lunar eclipse.

Team members were anxious on Sunday afternoon because the
skies above Bosscha Observatory in Lembang were cloudy and there
was a continuous drizzle since noon, Antara reported.

Recording of all phases was not possible as dark clouds led to
only a split second glimpse of the full moon before the eclipse.

The contact of the moon with the penumbra was estimated to
have begun at 9:04 p.m. and lasted until 1:30 a.m. Monday.

Nandang, a last year astronomy student at the Bandung
Institute of Technology, said he could only record the apex of
the eclipse at 11:17 p.m., and the end when the full moon was
again in sight.

At least 15 callers from Greater Jakarta and West Java called
to ask why the moon was still shining during the eclipse. Team
members chaired by lecturer Ferry Simatupang said during a
penumbral eclipse, unlike a total eclipse, the naked eye cannot
discern changes in the moon.