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Lunar Eclipse of the Moon 28th August 2007
9x1 secs ISO800 All images were taken with a Canon 350D (unmodified) camera at prime focus of an Orion 80ED telescope (focal length=600mm).  Click the small images below and this will open the original larger image.

MoonEclipseClockPosterThumb250.jpg A commemorative poster showing all the phases. 

          Wallpaper size (1280x1024)

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0851 Universal Time (UT)  - 6:51 pm local time (AEST)

Exposure:   Stack of 11 x 1/400th second  ISO 100

Processed:  Registax aligned and wavelets applied.  Photoshop curves and sharpening.

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0929 Universal Time (UT)  - 7:29 pm local time (AEST)

Exposure:   Stack of 10 x 1 second ISO 400

Processed:  Registax aligned and wavelets applied.  Photoshop curves and sharpening.

eclipse0950UT28aug07thumb.jpg (6688 bytes)

0950 Universal Time (UT)  - 7:50 pm local time (AEST)

Exposure:   Stack of 9x1 secs ISO800

Processed:  Registax aligned and wavelets applied.  Photoshop curves and sharpening.

 

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0956 Universal Time (UT)  - 7:56 pm local time (AEST)

Exposure:   Stack of 4 X 1 secs ISO 400

Processed:  Registax aligned and wavelets applied.  Photoshop curves and sharpening.

MoonEclipseMax80ED17x1sec800ISO28Aug07DarkedRegistaxSingleWavedThumb250.jpg (150695 bytes)

The eclipse at maximum shadow.

Click for a closeup

Check out this diagramatic representation that shows where my pictures fit onto the Earth's shadow.

MoonFullED8077x100thSecISO100PostEclipse28Aug07.jpg

1338 Universal Time (UT) -11:38 pm local time (AEST)

This image was taken a few minutes after the eclipse finished (i.e. after the moon had emerged from the Earth's penumbra).

77 Images stacked and waved in Registax.  ISO100 x 1/1000thsec.

 

 

 

 

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