Lunar Eclipse, October 8, 2014

[Canadian Roger]

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 .

[Carole]

Properly confused me for moment until I realised that you are the Roger from Canada.

What a fabulous shot.

Carole

[Rick]

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...

[Canadian Roger]

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:

[MarkS]

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

[Rick]

perhaps I should request a name change

Your login ID remains unchanged, but I've changed your displayed name. Hope that helps.

[Canadian Roger]

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.

[Fay]

Fantastic picture, love the first one

[Canadian Roger]

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.