Tag Archives: Moon

Eclipse and Late Risers

Posted on August 28, 2007 by admin

This is what you get for waking up at 445AM and running out into the parking lot in shorts with a camera. Continue reading →

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Lunar Eclipse October 27, 2004

Posted on October 27, 2004 by admin

We didn’t have time to really prepare for this, the last full lunar eclipse until 2007. I was able to set up the D100 digital camera on a tripod. This shot was captured shortly after sunset (taken at about 6:25PM Pacific), over the hills east of Castro Valley, California. Continue reading →

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More Moonacy

Posted on July 7, 2003 by admin

The afternoon and evening we enjoyed more the gift of clear, relatively settled air. We captured two more moon shots, thumbnailed and described below. Each image was stitched from two photographs for the full field of view. Photos were taken … Continue reading →

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Moonacy

Posted on July 7, 2003 by admin

Prime focus photography with the Nikon D100 and Meade 8″ LX-90 telescope, Phoenix, July 2003: This composite is featured today. Click the image to the left for a 900X1111 50% scale JPEG of the original composite. It’s a small 57K … Continue reading →

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Lunar Eclipse May 15, 2003

Posted on May 15, 2003 by admin

The TV news people warned us: moonrise would be right about at sunset. The lunar eclipse would already be in full swing. The sky would be bright. And it would be hazy. We might not see anything until it was almost over, if then. Continue reading →

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