Lunar Eclipse of Feb 20 2008

Hi All,

here are my photos of Lunar Eclipse of February 20, 2008. This eclipse was not visible from INDIA, but i was lucky as i am currently in New Jersey, US.

The conditions were very cloudy initially but as eclipse progressed the sky was also cleared and almost clear around moon during totality.

I used my AT66 ED refractor at prime focus (@400mm) and Canon Digital Rebel XTi camera.

1. Patial Phase @ 9:26 PM EST | 1/60sec | f/6 | ISO-100


2. Partial Phase overexposed to show shadowed moon @ 9:45 PM EST | 2.5sec | f/6 | ISO-100



3. Totality just began @ 10:03 PM EST | 5sec | f/6 | ISO-100


5. Mid Totality @ 10:26 PM EST | 5sec | f/6 | ISO-100


6. Saturn - Regulus & Eclipsed Moon @ 10:40 PM EST | Canon 75-300mm lens @ 75mm | 3.2sec | f/7.1 | ISO-100 | Tripod mounted


I will post details of photos including exposure and equipment by tomorrow on my Astrophotography Blog

Cheers
Sameer

Lunar Crescent and Orion Nebula

Hi All

here are the two pics i took on 10th Feb with 66mm refractor...



Orion Nebula



more information on http://samastrography.blogspot.com/

Cheer
Sameer