fringe_dweller
12-09-2006, 12:53 AM
finally got time to put together a rough mosiac of recent ple shots.
Had a hard time matching up the tones, coz as at times, when it wasnt thick clouds or clearish, I had thin clouds between me and the moon that morning, which lit up and ruined black backgrounds, to varying degrees.
Also didnt have luxury of regular timed intervals, as between the clouds and rushing the scope under cover whenever rained threatened, I had to take what I could get.
Shots time frame range from about 2:30 ish to just after 4 am.
I wish I hadnt stuffed around and got some shots earlier from midnight till just before, as had the 10" out also (moon too large to fit in fov - long story, which includes it being at perigee and it being an f7 mirror lol) but I had some of the best views of the moon I had ever seen, seeing was remarkable I thought, very interesting libration :) seemed veeerry close ;)
So sequence begins with eclipse in progress.
thanks for looking :)
also left them in colour, rather than grey scale as previous ones were - I was surprised there wasnt any colour visually, just blackness, same as last oct's - coz I remember most of the several ple's and tle's prior I have seen, always had at least a little colour, you know the coppery look. but then I noticed in the bottom left three frames- there is some copperyness, maybe - weird!
Had a hard time matching up the tones, coz as at times, when it wasnt thick clouds or clearish, I had thin clouds between me and the moon that morning, which lit up and ruined black backgrounds, to varying degrees.
Also didnt have luxury of regular timed intervals, as between the clouds and rushing the scope under cover whenever rained threatened, I had to take what I could get.
Shots time frame range from about 2:30 ish to just after 4 am.
I wish I hadnt stuffed around and got some shots earlier from midnight till just before, as had the 10" out also (moon too large to fit in fov - long story, which includes it being at perigee and it being an f7 mirror lol) but I had some of the best views of the moon I had ever seen, seeing was remarkable I thought, very interesting libration :) seemed veeerry close ;)
So sequence begins with eclipse in progress.
thanks for looking :)
also left them in colour, rather than grey scale as previous ones were - I was surprised there wasnt any colour visually, just blackness, same as last oct's - coz I remember most of the several ple's and tle's prior I have seen, always had at least a little colour, you know the coppery look. but then I noticed in the bottom left three frames- there is some copperyness, maybe - weird!