Lunar eclipse...with interloper
Nov 8, 2022 21:57:43 #
h0grider
Loc: Western MD
Had mostly clear weather this a.m. for the lunar eclipse, though it was a tad chilly and with a brisk breeze out of the north (forcing me to use my car as a wind block!). Took about 250 pictures over the course of 2 hours and thought this was the best of them. Taken with a tripod-mounted Canon T7i, 70-300mm zoom (at 262mm not converted), F6.3, 2.5 sec, ISO 3200, around 5:50 a.m.
As stated in the title, there was an "interloper" in the same FOV, which is the main reason I took so many pictures. Can you ID it? If not, there's a little help in the next picture.
As stated in the title, there was an "interloper" in the same FOV, which is the main reason I took so many pictures. Can you ID it? If not, there's a little help in the next picture.
Nov 9, 2022 08:17:29 #
That's nice - I was shooting with the same setup (but a t6i) and went back to my photos to see if I had captured Uranus - I did! Thanks.
Nov 9, 2022 11:59:52 #
h0grider
Loc: Western MD
Richard Engelmann wrote:
That's nice - I was shooting with the same setup (but a t6i) and went back to my photos to see if I had captured Uranus - I did! Thanks.
That's great. Perhaps a share of the image?
I knew Uranus was to be in the FOV (w/i 1.5 degrees or so), but had difficulty getting a decent exposure of the Moon that would also allow me to see any stars in the background until around the 6 a.m. time of this shot. I used Stellarium, my go-to software for most things of this nature, to confirm that the labeled spot was in fact Uranus.
Nov 9, 2022 21:18:46 #
h0grider wrote:
That's great. Perhaps a share of the image?
I knew Uranus was to be in the FOV (w/i 1.5 degrees or so), but had difficulty getting a decent exposure of the Moon that would also allow me to see any stars in the background until around the 6 a.m. time of this shot. I used Stellarium, my go-to software for most things of this nature, to confirm that the labeled spot was in fact Uranus.
I knew Uranus was to be in the FOV (w/i 1.5 degrees or so), but had difficulty getting a decent exposure of the Moon that would also allow me to see any stars in the background until around the 6 a.m. time of this shot. I used Stellarium, my go-to software for most things of this nature, to confirm that the labeled spot was in fact Uranus.
Just at the top of the frame... I did get better images of the moon, but not with that dot in frame.
Nov 10, 2022 08:44:51 #
h0grider
Loc: Western MD
Richard Engelmann wrote:
Just at the top of the frame... I did get better images of the moon, but not with that dot in frame.
Very close indeed to the frame edge! Nice bright Moon too. By the time the Moon had started brightening up here, it was low on the horizon and in the "muck."
I haven't looked at my shots during totality yet to see if I got one as nice as your second image.
Interesting fact: Uranus was about 1.7 billion miles away during the eclipse, the Moon 230 to 240 thousand (couldn't find the exact figure).
Nov 10, 2022 10:20:17 #
Interestingly, the second shot was one using the HDR Backlight Control (Scene) setting which combines three frames.
Nov 10, 2022 10:26:26 #
Nov 10, 2022 12:02:57 #
Ballard
Loc: Grass Valley, California
h0grider wrote:
Had mostly clear weather this a.m. for the lunar e... (show quote)
Nice capture. Thanks for sharing, I was unfortunately rained out for this eclipse.
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