[Leica] Wolf Moon eclipse

[imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)]

Looks and sounds like an excellent way to spend an evening, Howard.
Douglas


On 22/01/2019 03:15, Howard Ritter 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
>
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