Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 09/02/2009

[leinad (Dan)]

Well funny enough, the position of the moon meant that a big tree was in my way to use the mount, so I had to support the ED80 with one arm whilst taking continous shots near the fence where I had a clear view, and yes it was awkward and heavy, lol. I just missed maximum by about 10-15mins? And missed a before shot. Will do better next time.

Canon 350D, ED80 - ISO200, 1/500
Sharpened, slightly adjusted, edited for presentation.

[RB (Andrew)]

lol, hand held ED80 on a fence, that's excellent !!

Great work !!

[iceman (Mike)]

Nice work, just a little overexposed but a very nice image.

[leinad (Dan)]

Thanks for the comments,
yes I think I should have used at least 1/1000 or 1/2000.
I was very unprepared and didn't have much time to get things exactly right. Good practice though.

LOL RB, I actually was using one arm/hand supporting the ED80 holding the dovetail, whilst trying to take shots with the other hand holding the camera.

[rogerg (Roger)]

As replied to Benie, Good to see a record of the event .. and nice work with the telescope "mount"

[Inmykombi (Geoff)]

Lovely and sharp.

Well done.

Geoffro

[h0ughy (David)]

well done