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Eclipsed Moon near the Beehive Cluster (31Jan2018) |
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Object Information Imaging Details |
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A deep lunar eclipse occured on January 31, 2018 - just a day after perigee. Totality lasted well over an hour! The eclipse occured in Cancer, and not far from M44, a bright open cluster known as the Beehive Cluster. I decided to try to capture the pair. Most people easily see stars during totality, but cameras are somewhat lacking in the dynamic range needed to capture both. So a variety of exposures were taken and processed (Photoshop) to create an image which to me looked like what I could see visually thru binoculars. |
Telescope: |
Canon EF 200mm lens |
Camera: |
Canon T2i (type 1 modified) | |
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Exposures: |
Several different exposures from 1/10" to 2" and various ISOs and f-stops. | |
Guiding: |
Unguided (tripod mounted) | |
Processing: |
Images converted to tifs using Photoshop CS5. Nebulosity used to stack the images. Additional processing (curves, sharpening) with PS CS5. | |
Enchanted Skies - Astrophotography by Rich Richins (all images copyright, Rich Richins)