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Total Lunar Eclipse 02/20/2008Below are images I shot of the total lunar eclipse of 2/20/2008. The Moon began to pass into the umbra at 7:43 p.m. CST and there were 52 minutes of totality. The Moon exited the umbra at 11:09 p.m. CST. I was able to get several shots between the clouds that insisted on getting in the way. I used a Canon PowerShot S50 digital camera and a 90mm Meade ETX Maksutov-Cassegrain telescope with 26mm and 32mm eyepieces. The camera was hand held to the telescope for the first three shots. The fourth shot was done by simply tripod mounting the S50.
Working towards totality.
Totality
Exiting the umbra.
The Moon emerges from totality with Saturn at its lower left.« Return to Main Astro Photo Page | Space Shuttle Launch Photos » ©
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