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Beginning of Eclipse

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Title     Beginning of Eclipse
Photographer     deckyon/Brad (452) Send mail to this user
Portfolio     Astrophotography
F-stop     f/2
Shutter speed     1/60 sec
Categories     Nature
Astrophotography
Filter     None
Lens     Built-in
Camera     Canon Powershot G3
Format     4 Megapixels
Film     Digital CCD
Submitted     November 10, 2003 9:13:23 AM CST
Views     1,720
Rating     4 Thumb-up

Taken during the beginning of the full eclipse on November 8, 2003. I used a Celestron Nexstar 8i with the Canon G3 to get this shot.

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Thumb-up Thumb-up    from fotodevil/Tim (343) Send mail to this user on November 10, 2003 12:06:12 PM CST (0) Early critique

Very nice details, but is this inverted? It looks as though the moon has been rotated. Also, I seem to recall the eclipse starting from the left of the moon and moving to the right. Nice shot though.

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From deckyon/Brad (452) Send mail to this user on November 10, 2003 12:31:05 PM CST

Thanks for your comments. Please see my comment below as to the reversal of the image.

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Thumb-up Thumb-up    from clif/Clif (2,566) Send mail to this user on November 10, 2003 10:13:25 AM CST (0) Early critique

This is a beautiful shot, Brad. Perhaps because the moon is such a common sight. At first I assumed you were tracking the moon with your scope but I see it only took 1/60 second for the exposure. I forgot that the moon is a very bright object!

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From deckyon/Brad (452) Send mail to this user on November 10, 2003 12:30:01 PM CST

The picture is inverted, as it was taken through a telescope. You were right in your statements. I use an SchCass telescope which has a primary, 8" mirror, secondery 3" mirror and a prisim in the eyepiece bracket.

My telescope is a tracking, and computerized w/ 45000 objects in it's onboard database. I had the scope trained on the moon for over 2 hours and the shot did not change, nor did I have to adjust the scope.

Yes, the moon is a bright object, especially when full. I even has the built-in ND (2 stop) filter engaged on this image. Otherwise it was too bright. I did not have the ND filter on when I took the photo I wll put up next time I am allowed. It was taken during totality.

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