The weather did not look good 8 hours beforehand, but it cleared up in time.
I had a lovely view from the first penumbral shadings to when the Moon disappeared behind a neighbours house, with daylight fast approaching.
The image below was 0.4 seconds long at ISO1600. The telescope is a 6" Ritchey-Chretien. I did use a focal reducer, but I haven't taken an image of Mizar and Alcor so I can figure out the actual focal length. For now, assume it's an f/6. The camera is a modified Canon T1i.
It was taken from my back garden 43.5264°N, 79.8808°W .
(http://cdn.astrobin.com/images/thumbs/78c215a81104278ddc6d69c68db63f37.1824x0_q100_watermark.jpg)
Properly confused me for moment until I realised that you are the Roger from Canada.
What a fabulous shot.
Carole
Quote from: RogerH on Oct 08, 2014, 12:53:01
The weather did not look good 8 hours beforehand, but it cleared up in time.
I had a lovely view from the first penumbral shadings to when the Moon disappeared behind a neighbours house, with daylight fast approaching.
Lovely deep red. My sister in Perth suffered from clouds at sunset, so missed seeing the eclipse at Moonrise...
Hi, Carole...
Sorry about the confusion...perhaps I should request a name change from the powers that be...perhaps CanadaRoger.
Anyway, here's a couple more:
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5598/15476979762_0bb526ea48_z.jpg)
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3938/15454251126_65e5b03f4b_z.jpg)
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5602/15476994871_f90ec48c78_z.jpg)
Very nice Roger! The first one is my favourite.
Unfortunately for the UK, only the final lunar eclipse of the present tetrad will be visible, next September.
Mark
Quote from: Canadian Roger on Oct 08, 2014, 19:05:27perhaps I should request a name change
Your login ID remains unchanged, but I've changed your displayed name. Hope that helps. ;)
Thanks, Rick...that should keep the confusion to a minimum.
This hobby can be confusing enough without the additional burden of a member suddenly appearing to shift 80 degrees in longitude.
Also, the same thing may happen in two weeks when this part of the planet experiences a partial eclipse of the Sun.
Fantastic picture, love the first one
Quote from: Fay on Oct 09, 2014, 08:48:22
Fantastic picture, love the first one
Thank you, Fay...that's high praise.
There were a couple of times when I took 5 or 6 images in quick succession, hoping to stack them afterwards.
Time to re-acquaint myself with Registax.