Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sounds like the right way to view an astronomical event. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > On 22 Jan 2019, at 04:15, Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> wrote: > > Photos of lunar eclipses aren?t very interesting unless they?re part of a > secquence, or taken at very high resolution and large scale through a > telescope, or incorporate foreground elements, or have some ofther > noteworthy aspect. > > I took a few shots last night using a Nikon 810A and 80-400 Nikkor zoom. > The Moon was practically overhead, so no foreground features, and I didn?t > have access to my telescope, so I tried for something worth posting, a > (relatively) wide-field composition at a FL of 95mm at full eclipse, when > the Moon was dim enough to allow a long enough exposure to capture some > background stars, notably the bright Castor and Pollux, the ?twins? the > constellation Gemini. > > After about the middle of the eclipse, after midnight east coast US time, > I quit. The temperature was ?2? and falling. I went into the hot tub out > on the patio under the beautifully clear sky and watched with naked eye > and binoculars as the Moon emerged from the Earth?s shadow and Orion began > heading for the southwest horizon. Lovely. There was ice in my wet hair, > but supplemental warming was accomplished with a wee dram o? Lagavullin. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/astro/Lunar+Eclipse+with+Twins.jpg.html?g2_fromNavId=x412decf7 > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/astro/Lunar+Eclipse+with+Twins.jpg.html?g2_fromNavId=x412decf7> > > > Please view large and in a darkened room to get the full effect of the > fainter stars. C&C welcome. Thanks for viewing. > > ?howard > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information