[meteorite-list] eclipse photos

[Mike Hankey]

Thanks for the compliments Rob and Grahm.

It was a good challenge and a lot of fun.

I shot continuously (every 20 seconds) from midnight till 6 am. The
tricky part was adjusting the exposure time every 15-30 minutes to
keep up with the eclipse.

Observing during that hour or so of totallity was surreal. Looking
forward to 2014.

On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 2:52 AM, Matson, Robert D.
<ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com> wrote:
> Hi Mike,
>
> The 3 o'clock position (3rd image down the right side) of
> your composite picture here:
>
> <http://www.mikesastrophotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/eclipse-phases-dec21-2010.jpg>
>
> is one of the better lunar eclipse pictures I've seen for showing
> both the umbral and penumbral terminators simultaneously. This is
> not an easy image to capture since there is such a huge change in
> brightness between the sunlit, penumbral and umbral regions of
> the Moon's disk.  Nicely done!  --Rob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com on behalf of Mike Hankey
> Sent: Tue 12/21/2010 7:12 PM
> To: meteoritelist; Global Meteor Observing Forum
> Subject: [meteorite-list] eclipse photos
>
> I had a great eclipse observing and photography session last night,
> but boy am I tired.
>
> Photographing an eclipse is a real challenge, but luckily the clouds
> stayed away for most of the night and everything came together pretty
> well.
>
> I uploaded some of the photos here:
>
> http://www.mikesastrophotos.com/lunar/lunar-eclipse-december-21st-2010/
>
> I had a fish eye camera working the whole night, hoping to catch a
> meteor, but didn't get that lucky.
>
>