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Old 12-09-2006, 12:53 AM
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another lunar eclipse montage

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!
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Old 12-09-2006, 01:09 AM
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Nice piece of work Kearn!

Can't tell that you had lousy weather. Good sequential captures
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Old 12-09-2006, 01:12 AM
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that looks fabulious, excellent work!
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Old 12-09-2006, 01:31 AM
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Thanks fella's
I had a ball still Ken, it was great to get out and get some scope time, I forget how good it is after long breaks :-) and any early AM session I dont get a cold from, these days, is a winner imo
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Old 12-09-2006, 01:35 AM
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I know what you mean about catching cold, Kearn.

Tonight was the first clear night we have had in ages and I attempted some capturing, but the ice build-up got the better of me. Still freezing here! I packed up and came back inside 15 mins after set-up.
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Old 12-09-2006, 01:38 AM
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haha same here ken first clear night in awhile i had been waiting! im still dift aligning my mount at the moment actually, want to get it nice and sharp so i can try for longer exposures
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Old 12-09-2006, 05:54 AM
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Excellent work, Kearn. I'm grateful to see all these fine images as i didn't get to see any of it from my place thanks to clouds.
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Old 12-09-2006, 02:47 PM
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Thankyou Mike it was your superb work on last years oct. ple that inspired me to have a go this year - before that it didnt really occur to me that partials were worth imaging - i'm hooked now :-)))
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Old 12-09-2006, 02:51 PM
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Top one Mr Fringe! The cloud gods were angry here (we had over 180mm rain in 5 days)
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Old 12-09-2006, 03:08 PM
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Cheers Houghy, I did see that on the news, thats like our annual rainfall here mate LOL ...well half the year anyways?
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