Moon during eclipse on Aug 28

The Moon from early this morning during the eclipse around 04:22 am MDT. The prospects for any eclipse photos were not good earlier in the evening — it was raining. Fortunately, it cleared so I was able to take quite a few shots, more to follow.

Moon during eclipse on Aug 28, 2007

Unstacked image taken from Louisville, Co with Celestron Nexstar 11 telescope, F6.3 focal reducer, and Canon Xti camera at cassegrain focus. Sky was partly cloudy but clear towards the Moon. No wind, high humidity, turbulence 6/10, transparency was good, temperature 58°F.

4 Responses to “Moon during eclipse on Aug 28”

  1. brian Says:

    Nice that it cleared. You should send your photos to 9newsw theirs are lousy

  2. Karl Says:

    The red moon is always an amazing sight. I did not get to see it here in Europe this time :(

  3. Andrew Says:

    Beautiful!.total eclipse didn’t happen until I arrived at work at 5:52am.It went below the horizon minutes later.Oh well.maybe next time!.
    Andrew

  4. Phil Says:

    I love the color in this picture. Very nice!

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