Total Eclipse of the Moon , November 8, 2003, shot from home in Alberta. Initial partial phase with moon rising in eclipse. Shows Earth's shadow on Moon and in the atmosphere as the blue band along horizon. Belt of Venus pink band above is sunlight hitting upper layers of atmosphere. Shot with Williams Optics FLT10 apo refractor, at f/6.5 with field flattener, and Pentax 6x7 camera, 120-format Ektachrome 100 slide film. Metered exposure.
Total Eclipse of the Moon , November 8, 2003, shot from home in Alberta. Initial partial phase with moon rising in eclipse. Shows Earth's shadow on Moon and in the atmosphere as the blue band along horizon. Belt of Venus pink band above is sunlight hitting upper layers of atmosphere. Shot with fixed camera, 165mm lens on Pentax 6x7 camera, 120-format Ektachrome 100 slide film. Metered exposure.
Total lunar eclipse November 8, 2003 Taken through Astro-Physics 5" Apo refractor at f/6 with MaxView 40mm eyepiece projection into a Sony DSC-V1 5 megapixel digital camera, mounted afocally. Lens zoomed to 3.8x to fill frame with Moon. Exposure aboout 4s to 6s at f/4 lens setting and ISO 100 speed.
