Lunar Eclipse from Mudgee NSW

[Poita]

Well, the wall to wall cloud parted from time to time, I wasn't expecting it to at all, so wasn't setup.
Grabbed the scope and the DSLR, didn't have any visible stars to do an alignment, and the camera battery went flat moments before totality!

But anyway, here are a few pictures from the moments I got.
Just cropped, shot through the Lomo 105/650 with a Nikon D90.

[g__day]

Great shots!

[jjjnettie]

Fantastic! Glad you got to get a few shots in. It's was a wonderful experience.

[mozzie]

nice shots peter..

[Poita]

I wish I had gotten the QHY8 hooked up in time, but it was great to see it, and share it with my kids.
Thanks everyone for sharing the experience, now I'd better pack up and get to bed... the youngest usually wakes at 6am. Eeek!

[Liz]

Great images Peter!!

[p1taylor]

That really dos show the eclipse off really well.

peter

[Kevnool]

Top shots from Mudgee Peter
Cheers Kev.

[TrevorW]

They are keepers

[Saturn%5]

Very nice shots Peter.:thumbsup:

[Clayton]

Lovely shot's Peter :thumbsup:

[multiweb]

Turned out great! Well done. :thumbsup:

[spacezebra]

Stunning captures Peter!!!

Cheers Petra d.

[gregbradley]

You caught some nice ones there.

Greg.

[naskies]

Great work, Peter - I love how sharp they are :)

[astronobob]

Lots of detail in them Beauty's

[Poita]

Thanks everyone, it has been a rough week, so it is lovely to get such a positive vibe.
All those images were through a thin veil of cloud and I had no focusing aid so I was pleased they were reasonably sharp. I had to manually fire the Nikon shutter too, so it was less than ideal. These are the first images I have taken through the lomo scope, it was a hurried scramble, but it was great to have a go. I was convinced we would miss it here. I'll have to go through all the images and see if any are worth more processing. It is wonderful how many people shared their personal view of the night.

[JarrydS]

Great work, nice shots. :)

[venus]

Great images Peter, understand fully how difficult its to image, yours are fantastic!

[iceman]

Great shots!