I see Red !! ... Lunar Eclipse - What a Show

[RB]

Wow, what a spectacle it was last night !
Perfect weather and conditions made for an unforgettable event.

By mid eclipse it was amazing to see how dark it became.
The milky way popped out and the whole scene was quite eerie and surreal.

Here's three of my images, one of them is on SpaceWeather.

Cheers and I hope you enjoy.

RB

[Dennis]

Excellent images Andrew and congrats on the Spaceweather appearance.

Cheers

Dennis

[2020BC]

Yes, Andrew, spectacular indeed. I had similar experience at my location at Hall (Canberra). At totality I could see a bright Milky Way sweeping across the sky from the treetops in the north to the treetops in the south. A bit special. I was tempted for a second to switch from planetary to Deep Sky. This is how the moon should always be.:lol: Great pics, and congrats on the Spaceweather!

[jjjnettie]

Are you going to animate the 10 images on the collage? That would be special.
I'm having a go at the moment with some of mine, but the timing of my shots is right out because of clouds etc.

[iceman]

Brilliant images Andrew, very sharp.

Lovely composite, too.

[h0ughy]

congratulations RB, I was too tired to send anything. Excellent composition!

[Ric]

Hi RB, great images. the start to finish sequence is quite speccy.

Cheers

[JohnG]

Nice one RB.

Had to put up with visual only down here, what was bad seeing got totally destroyed when a Southerly hit as I was about to try and photograph :shrug:

Cheers

[MortonH]

My favourite is the middle one. I really enjoyed a wide angle view through my telescope with the moon surrounded by faint stars, some of which were occulted during the evening.

Morton

[Garyh]

Very detailed Andrew! I like that middle one as well showing those stars!! verry nice... ::):
cheers

[acropolite]

Beautiful images RB, as we have come to expect. What equipment did you use??:thumbsup:

[janoskiss]

Fantastic Andrew. I share your sentiments. Watched it from out of town under dark skies. Started very cloudy but then cleared up beautifully.

[DJVege]

Wow!!! :thumbsup: Well done, Andrew!!! Congrats!

[sheeny]

Excellent RB!:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: They're all good but there is something about the middle one that catches my attention - almost a 3D effect.

Al.

[leon]

Wow Andrew that is nice, :eyepop: we were a bit unlucky down here, but i managed to get a couple in right after totality, will post a bit later.
And i have look through the others as well, and what a great effort by all. :thumbsup:

Well done everyone it seems it was a great night.

Cheers Leon :thumbsup:

[wavelandscott]

Very nice RB!

Beats the sketches I made...by quite a bit!

[seeker372011]

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
love your images, I enjoyed the event but equally I was happy to see so many people who never look up, so to speak, outside their houses, watching the event..so many people asked for details -when it was best to observe and that sort of stuff-during the day and for the first time in a long while an astronomical event was a watercooler topic

got to thank the media for this i guess

[Moonman]

Love the star fields in the wide shot and the sequence of images is terrific.

Great stuff!:thumbsup:

[Bassnut]

Excellent shot and montage, a classic.

[Rodstar]

Beautiful images, RB. Did all the family share the experience with you?

[RB]

Thank you so much everyone !


Thank you Dennis !


Thanks for the idea jjj I'll try it when I get a free moment. :)


Cheers Phil.

I used the TOA 130 and 20Da for the closeup shots and the 20D + 300mm + 2x tele conv for the sequence shots.


I'm glad you got to see the show too Steve, what a wonderful opportunity, I bet you had some lovely views thru the scope, I didn't even get my eyepieces out (I missed just enjoying the visual side of it :( ).


I take my hat off to you Scott, I'm hopeless at drawing, my sketch of the moon would have looked like a stick figure :whistle:


It truly was a great opportunity to share with others Narayan, and thank you.


I did !
It was wonderful, I packed the gear into the car and setup at the other end of the property to get a good easterly view, then the kids were sitting on the back and enjoying the spectacle while dad was running around taking photos and explaining what was happening, it was a great science lesson for all !
My youngest daughter (3 y.o) was heard to say - "I can see a red apple in the sky" :)

Hope you got to enjoy it Rod with your family.

[RB]

Here's two more images from the collection.
I re-did the sequence to give it a nicer effect.