Lunar Eclipse Images

**Greg** · Oct 27, 2004, 10:23 PM

I decided to break out the telescope to check out tonight's lunar eclipse. I also tried taken some pictures of the moon through the eyepiece with my digital camera. Surprisingly enough, the pics of the full moon came out pretty good so I tried to take pictures of the eclipse during various phases. The ones with the most light came out the best, but overall not a bad job for a total hack with a marginal telescope and a 3.2 megapixel point and shoot digital camera. I hope you enjoy them:

9:10 PM - Full moon:

9:26 PM - Eclipse starting:

9:44 PM - 1/3 eclipsed:

10:11 PM - 2/3 eclipsed:

10:28 PM - Almost fully eclipsed:

I couldn't get a full eclipse image as some high clouds rolled in. Probably wouldn't have come out any good anyway considering the low light. This nighttime photography is pretty cool and something I probably could get into with the right equipment...

**bvibert** · Oct 28, 2004, 7:14 AM

Good job! Thanks for sharing the pics

severine · Oct 28, 2004, 7:16 AM

Those are great! Thanks for sharing!!

skijay · Oct 28, 2004, 8:58 AM

I took some last night but need to download them to see how bad they came out

MtnMagic · Oct 28, 2004, 3:01 PM

Here are three superb photo's from a professor friend at Harvard. They are 300,000-405,570 bytes and up to 2048 x 1536 pixels. Huge, sharp, stunning!

The rockpile in space. Look at all the meteorite craters!
http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~meehan/bigrock.jpg

Going . . .
http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~meehan/partial01.jpg

Gone!
http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~meehan/total01.jpg

**Greg** · Oct 28, 2004, 3:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MtnMagic

Here are three superb photo's from a professor friend at Harvard. They are 300,000-405,570 bytes and up to 2048 x 1536 pixels. Huge, sharp, stunning!

The rockpile in space. Look at all the meteorite craters!
http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~meehan/bigrock.jpg

Going . . .
http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~meehan/partial01.jpg

Gone!
http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~meehan/total01.jpg

So much for my feeble attempt...

MtnMagic · Oct 28, 2004, 3:31 PM

When I returned home I found the links in my inbox and was going to post them. You had already posted yours, so I contributed mine. Too good not to share with friends.
__________________
We're still friends!

MtnMagic · Oct 29, 2004, 6:22 AM

btw: With the Earth passing between the sun and the moon, the only light hitting the full moon was from our planet's sunrises and sunsets, resulting in the orange and red hue during the full eclipse.

TeleGrrrl · Oct 29, 2004, 8:16 PM

Nice pix Greg

I tried last eclipse to get pix with tripod, 35mm, and digital, but they came out yucky. You did great with your equipment!

MtnMagic, I'd say you're prof friend has some serious change invested in equipment, or he teaches astronomy

Sweet pix.

Kudos to both of you

Oct 27, 2004, 10:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
Greg Nassahegan, CT: 8/14 Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Thomaston, CT Posts: 20,302	Lunar Eclipse Images I decided to break out the telescope to check out tonight's lunar eclipse. I also tried taken some pictures of the moon through the eyepiece with my digital camera. Surprisingly enough, the pics of the full moon came out pretty good so I tried to take pictures of the eclipse during various phases. The ones with the most light came out the best, but overall not a bad job for a total hack with a marginal telescope and a 3.2 megapixel point and shoot digital camera. I hope you enjoy them: 9:10 PM - Full moon: 9:26 PM - Eclipse starting: 9:44 PM - 1/3 eclipsed: 10:11 PM - 2/3 eclipsed: 10:28 PM - Almost fully eclipsed: I couldn't get a full eclipse image as some high clouds rolled in. Probably wouldn't have come out any good anyway considering the low light. This nighttime photography is pretty cool and something I probably could get into with the right equipment... __________________ Greg 2007-08, 2006-07, 2005-06, 2004-05 Life's too short for warm up runs.

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bvibert West Hartford Res 6/22/08 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Torrington, CT Posts: 11,779	Good job! Thanks for sharing the pics __________________ Brian SAC Tracker

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severine Nassahegan 7/26/2008 Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: CT Posts: 4,021	Those are great! Thanks for sharing!! __________________ Carrie 2007-2008 ~ 20 2005-2006 ~ 2 2004 ~ 17 It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere. ~ Agnes Repplier Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever. ~ Lance Armstrong

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skijay Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: CT Avatar: T-bar @ Mont Shefford Posts: 686	I took some last night but need to download them to see how bad they came out

Oct 28, 2004, 3:01 PM	#5 (permalink)
MtnMagic Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Lancaster, NH Posts: 892	Here are three superb photo's from a professor friend at Harvard. They are 300,000-405,570 bytes and up to 2048 x 1536 pixels. Huge, sharp, stunning! The rockpile in space. Look at all the meteorite craters! http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~meehan/bigrock.jpg Going . . . http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~meehan/partial01.jpg Gone! http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~meehan/total01.jpg

Oct 28, 2004, 3:31 PM	#7 (permalink)
MtnMagic Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Lancaster, NH Posts: 892	When I returned home I found the links in my inbox and was going to post them. You had already posted yours, so I contributed mine. Too good not to share with friends. __________________ We're still friends!

Oct 29, 2004, 6:22 AM	#8 (permalink)
MtnMagic Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Lancaster, NH Posts: 892	btw: With the Earth passing between the sun and the moon, the only light hitting the full moon was from our planet's sunrises and sunsets, resulting in the orange and red hue during the full eclipse.

Oct 29, 2004, 8:16 PM	#9 (permalink)
TeleGrrrl Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: West Enfield, Maine. Avatar: Mule Skinner, Saddleback, ME Posts: 160	Nice pix Greg I tried last eclipse to get pix with tripod, 35mm, and digital, but they came out yucky. You did great with your equipment! MtnMagic, I'd say you're prof friend has some serious change invested in equipment, or he teaches astronomy Sweet pix. Kudos to both of you