First images of total lunar eclipse- Stages added.

[Martin Pugh]

Hello all

total lunar eclipse here in the NH, and I have stayed up all night to image it.

The clouds cleared away just in time.

FSQ 106/16803 Camera.

cheers
Martin

[duncan]

Lucky,Lucky you!!!!!!!!
Lovely shot Martin, but i'm jealous as hell,lol.
Hopefully lots more pics to look at.
Duncan:thumbsup:

[Paul Haese]

Nice Martin, very sharp and a lovely crimson red. Those volcanos in Iceland this year made all the difference to the colour.

[BLiTZWiNG]

Gorgeous pic!

Moon is behind clouds here atm, and of course the only clouds in the sky are on the eastern horizon!

[michaellxv]

Awsome pic, what a beautiful colour.

[jjjnettie]

Booootiful!

[h0ughy]

green with envy Martin - beautiful shot

[mswhin63]

Spot on colour cool stuff

[glenc]

Wow! :eyepop: Excellent shot Martin.

[paulF]

Very cool :thumbsup:

[iceman]

Gorgeous image Martin!
Nice work!

[orestis]

Absolutely stunning:eyepop:

Cheers Orestis:thumbsup:

[Liz]

Wow!!!! Gorgeous image Martin!!!

[StephenM]

Spectacular colour Martin! Nice work.

Cheers,
Stephen

[Quark]

Superb work Martin, thanks very much for the view.

Regards
Trevor

[Martin Pugh]

Thanks a lot ladies and gents.

On the down side, pulling an all-nighter on a work day is not clever at all.

cheers
Martin

[Jen]

:eyepop: nice shot Martin :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Martin Pugh]

Thank you Jen.

I have now added a couple of shots from the pre and post total eclipse stage.

http://www.martinpughastrophotography.id.a u/images/Eclipse-Montage.jpg

cheers
Martin

[Jen]

:thumbsup::thumbsup: very cool :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[firstlight]

Great shots Martin.

The way I look at it I prefer to see the shadow portion closest to the fully eclipsed Moon, rather than the lit portion... seems more natural to me I suppose.

Tony

[gregbradley]

Gorgeous. You even got a few faint stars in the background as well.

Greg.

[Martin Pugh]

Thanks all

Tony - but to do that, would be to orientate those images incorrectly i.e opposite to how the eclipse actually occurred right?

cheers
Martin

[firstlight]

Not really, just reverse the order... After all the Moon is rising, isn't it? Oops, just realised that the event was in the morning for you and it was setting. But hey the Moon is upside-down anyway, down in the northern hemisphere :D.

[Martin Pugh]

Ah! I suddenly see why you would suggest that!

cheers
Martin

[firstlight]

:lol:

[Matt Wastell]

Hey Martin - great images!
Thanks for sharing!!!

[Kevnool]

Great red moon.
Sure is a beauty.

Cheers Kev.