Lunar Eclipse

The clouds cleared just in time for me to photograph the total lunar eclipse on Feb. 20, 2008. Here is a photograph of the full moon still behind some clouds.

I would have liked to include something in the foreground to show where the photograph was taken, but the moon was too high in the sky for that during the eclipse. My location was at my home in Middletown, N.Y.
Here is a shot of the moon during totality.

I took this photograph through my telescope at prime focus (the camera was connected directly to the telescope - no camera lens was used).
I also took some shots using a wide angle zoom lens and telephoto zoom lens to show the stars that appeared during the eclipse.

This photo clearly shows Regulus above the moon and Saturn at the lower left of the frame.

Big Dipper over the Bashakill

The Big Dipper constellation is visible on the left side of the photograph, with the last star in the handle shining through the trees. I took the picture on Haven Road, which cuts across the Bashakill. Headlights from cars on Route 17 are reflected in the ice.

The lights from an airplane made the line low in the sky during the 15-second exposure.

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