Despite beautiful clear skies right up to the day of the Total Lunar Eclipse, a change brought terrible rain and clouds for most of Wednesday. Patchy clear skies gave hope at around 6pm, but it was short-lived. I was only able … Continue reading
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Total Lunar Eclipse on Wednesday night!
On Wednesday night the 8th October 2014, there’s a fantastic Total Lunar Eclipse occurring at a great time for evening viewing. The partial stages start at ~8:30pm NSW time (AEDST), with Totality starting at 9:25pm. Mid-Totality is at 9:55pm. Look East … Continue reading
Sunrise or Moonrise?
Is this Sunrise or Moonrise? Of course it’s a bit of a trick question – the few stars in the sky give it away. It’s the almost Full Moon rising over Main Beach at Broome, in the Kimberley. It was … Continue reading
Upcoming Total Lunar Eclipse – 15th April 2014
On the 15th April 2014, we’ll (weather pending!) experience our first total lunar eclipse in 2.5 years! For Australians and New Zealanders, the eclipse will be in progress at Moonrise – approx 5:28pm AEST when the totality phase will have … Continue reading
The 99 Percent Full Moon!
This image of the 99.1% Full Moon was captured on Tuesday night, 20th August from my backyard using my Canon 6D and ED80 telescope.RPK Tramplin Canon 6D, ED80 telescope @ ~1000mm FL, ISO250, 1/100s exposures. I snapped 130 images but … Continue reading
2012 Total Solar Eclipse from Palm Cove
On the morning of the 14th November 2012, my family and I were on the jetty at Palm Cove waiting for the eclipse. It had poured rain overnight, and had barely any sleep because my wife came down with a … Continue reading
Total Lunar Eclipse Sequence – December 2011
The Total Lunar Eclipse of December 2011 was a special one for me – it’s the first one where everything went right. After days of rain, the skies cleared on the night of the eclipse. My equipment worked flawlessly and the seeing was rock steady, giving me my sharpest images of a Total Lunar Eclipse. Continue reading
The Blood Red Totally Eclipsed Moon
A Total Lunar Eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth in a straight line, and the shadow of the Earth is cast upon the Moon. The red colour occurs because of scattered sunlight reaching the Moon as it passes through Earth’s atmosphere. Continue reading
December Full Moon 1 Hour Before the Lunar Eclipse
One our before Total Lunar Eclipse, I was taking some test images, getting focus right, and testing the upload process as I was planning to supply images to SLOOH as part of their lunar eclipse event. The seeing was absolutely fantastic, hardly any movement in the Moon and so I grabbed a quick 100 frames to produce this pre-eclipse Full Moon image. Continue reading
Sydney at Dawn – The Full Moon Setting
When the Full moon is seen close to the horizon, it can look magnificent – especially when there’s trees, or mountains, or buildings to give it context. The Moon can look huge, thanks to the well documented Moon Illusion.
Unfortunately it’s difficult to capture the same “feeling” of the massive moon in a photograph; normally when you photograph it, it looks tiny – nothing like what it seemed with the naked eye. However with a long enough focal length, and the right foreground interest that you can also throw into focus, you can attempt to capture that “moon illusion” and re-live that impression of a huge Moon. Continue reading
