Moon eclipses Jupiter, visible across eastern two-thirds of North America. Western & Central states last saw it on 10/19/1968. 2:52am, 2:56am
Jupiter almost behind the Moon
2:57am, 2:58am
Minolta Maxxum 5000i at prime focus, 400ASA film, manual shutter release. Scanned with minor adjustments.
3:37am, 3:43am Jupiter's reappearance
The Moon starts to brighten as it moves past the Earth's shadow
11:30pm, 11:40pm, 11:45pm
As the Moon rose higher, the camera body was almost touching the scope mount. Centering the Moon started becoming difficult.
11:55pm, 12:00am a brightening Moon
Minolta Maxxum 5000i at prime focus using 400ASA film. All photos, except totality were taken in automatic mode. Totality shots at 4 secs. Photos scanned at 600dpi with autobalance processing.
12:05am, 12:15am
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