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Ok… yes I am crazy! I woke up really early with the intention of going into Binbrook… if it wasn’t fogged in. At home it was perfectly clear until I drove out onto the road. Then a wall of fog hit. I called work (in Oakville) to see what the sky conditions were there and it was perfectly clear and fairly dry. So I decided to head in early so that I can set up in the parking lot. Turned out to be a great idea since I didn’t have to rush anywhere for my 7 am shift. A few people came out and enjoyed the view and told me how nuts I was.
Lunar Eclipse
By KerryLH
Canon 300D on the Sky-Watcher Equinox 80mm telescope
Update by Tim Harpur
I managed to image from my appartment balcony – it started clear – the middle was clouded – then ended clear again. I didn’t bother to use my tracking GT mount – instead I just set up my on my camera tripod and used my 400mm telephoto lens. I made a short video of shots taken roughly every minute, but even reduced to 200×200 it is 1.36MB so I can’t post it here (it has now been posted on the main page below the CSC) – instead, here are a couple single shots. (Note: Unlike Kerry’s images which show nice detail of the redenned eclipsed area, my images only show the shadow over-taking the moon. I had kept my exposures to 1/60th of a second to avoid trailing as I wasn’t using my tracking mount – I was just informed by Kerry that at these powers an untracked photo can be exposed for much longer – her shots are also untracked – but for 2 seconds. Good to know! I’ll have to do some more tests with un-tracked imaging)
