Observation by Dean Ashton: Lunar Eclipse 2015

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Dean Ashton OBE

Observer

Dean Ashton

Observed

2018 Mar 18 - 09:43

Uploaded

2018 Mar 18 - 09:43

Objects

The Moon
Eclipse

Equipment

Nikon D300 Camera
600mm Lens

Exposure

From 1/250th second; f/14; ISO 200 at full moon to the eclipsed red moon was recorded at 1 second; f/4; ISO 3200.

Location

St Austell, Cornwall UK

Target name

Moon

Title

Lunar Eclipse 2015

About this image

In the early hours of the 22^nd September 2015, the perigee Moon, Earth and the Sun moved into a perfect alignment to create a total lunar eclipse. Over a two-hour period the shadow of the Earth increasingly moved across the moon. At total eclipse, light from the sun passed through the Earth’s atmosphere scattering the blue light. Only the red light of the sun dimly reached the moon to create a very dim blood red moon.

This image is a composite, produced in Photoshop, of different stages of the eclipse. Each image was created from 25 separate images that were stacked to create a single higher resolution image. The full moon image was captured at 1/250^th second; f/14; ISO 200. The eclipsed red moon was recorded at 1 second; f/4; ISO 3200.

Files associated with this observation

Moon Lunar Eclipse 280915 NikonD300 600mm.jpg (1.7 MB)

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