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Partial Lunar Eclipse
18-19 Nov. 2021


This lunar eclipse was not quite total -- the Moon just missed being completely inside the Earth's umbra. Since the Moon was also far from the Earth, this was hyped as an exceptionally long partial eclipse. Had it been just inside the umbra, it would have been a very short total eclipse!

The sky was cloudy virtually all week. It was not completely overcast, but most of the sky was covered by thin clouds and airplane contrails. Luckily, however, the clouds thinned for most of the eclipse interval. See the video for several timelapse views of the eclipse, including a wide-angle view which shows how much the sky darkened during the maximum eclipse as well as to see how lucky I was to have the clouds thin out.

Eclipse at maximum.

 

Wide-angle view of the sky at eclipse maximum.

 

Composite showing the outline of the Earth's umbra

 

Photo info (Wide-angle)
  • Date/Time: 18-19 November 2021
  • Location: Vanishing Point Observatory
  • Camera: Nikon D600 @ ISO 1600
  • Exposure: 5 sec.
  • Lens/Scope: Sigma 15mm @ f/2.8
  • Filter: --
  • Mount: Skywatcher Star Adventurer
  • Guiding: --
  • Image Processing: Lightroom
 
Photo info (Telescopic View #1)
  • Date/Time: 18-19 November 2021
  • Location: Vanishing Point Observatory
  • Camera: Canon RP (modified) @ ISO 200
  • Exposure: 1/5 sec.
  • Lens/Scope: Borg 107F3.9
  • Filter: IDAS NGS1 (light pollution)
  • Mount: Losmandy Titan
  • Guiding: --
  • Image Processing: Photoshop / Lightroom
 
Photo info (Telescopic View #2 - video)
  • Date/Time: 18-19 November 2021
  • Location: Vanishing Point Observatory
  • Camera: Sony A7s + Nikon 2x teleconverter
  • Exposure: (auto)
  • Lens/Scope: Astrophysics 155
  • Filter: --
  • Mount: Losmandy Titan
  • Guiding: --
  • Image Processing: --
 

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