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Jeff's May 15th Lunar Eclipse Page
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Hi, my name is Jeff, and welcome to my "Lunar Eclipse" Page!
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At first, it was doubtful that we were going to be able to see the eclipse as the sky was almost complete cloud-covered. But being the dedicated observers (fools) that we are, several of us FVAS club members came out with our equipment and hoped for the best. A few members of the public also came out with their equipment to view and photograph this event! Just after 8:00 PM, the clouds started breaking up and we were able to view the entire eclipse. We had a FABULOUS time!
Here are some of my pictures of the progressive stages of Thursday night's eclipse. ENJOY!
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9:08 PM
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9:15 PM
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9:18 PM
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9:21 PM
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9:55 PM
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9:40 PM
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10:37 PM
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10:22 PM
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10:10 PM
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10:46 PM
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11:11 PM
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11:14 PM
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11:18 PM
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11:12 PM
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11:42 PM
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11:40 PM
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11:28 PM
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11:56 PM
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11:59 PM
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12:00 AM on the 16th
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The pictures above were taken with a Sony Mavica MVC-CD1000 Digital Camera mounted on a Celestron tripod. Most of the pictures were taken at the camera's full zoom power of 20x. As you can see in a few of the pictures, I experimented with different exposure settings. Check out some of the stars beneath the Moon on several of the pictures!
For visual observing, I was using a Celestron Wide View 80mm F/5 Refractor on a CG-3 EQ mount with tracking drive, a set of Miyauchi 22x60 45º Fork-mounted Binoculars, and a pair of Celestron Ultima 8x56 Binoculars.
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