Category: Lunar

Images of the Moon

1st Quarter Moon Video

1st Quarter Moon video, View from Binoculars (7x) zoomed in to

1st Quarter Moon video, using different cameras and telescopes. Staring from view of entire 1st quarter as seen through binoculars (7x) and ending in a zoomed in view of craters Theophilus (Top) Cyrillus (Middle) Catharina (Bottom). Theophilus is the most prominent and youngest crater,62.14 miles in diameter and 2 miles deep with a central peak of 2.74 miles. The other two craters are much older and more worn, Catharina is 62 miles in diameter and 1.92 miles deep; Cyrillus is 98 km in diameter and only 1.92 miles deep.

Lunar Eclipse 8/28/2007

Total Lunar Eclipse 8/28/2007

Lunar Eclipse 8/28/2007 – Total Lunar Eclipse-
Images left to right: 2885-2:06 AM; 2897-2:12; 2911-2:18; 2931-2:25; 2941-2:27; 2945-2:31; 2556-2:32; 2973-2:40 2994-2:44 AM; 3020-2:49; 3033-2:52; 3034-2:53; 3041-2:54; 3064-2:58; 3098-3:11; 3099-3:14 3087-3:05 AM; 3160-3:50AM Full Lunar Eclipse (stars are visible)
3105-3:21 AM; 3126-3:32; 3140-3:38; 3160-3:50; 3164-3:54; 3174-4:07; 3191-4:23; 3212-4:32 3217-4:34 AM; 3236-4:44; 3253-4:48; 3282-4:54; 3304-4:58; 3335-5:09; 3353-5:16; 3414-3:32

Lunar Eclipse 8/28/2007, Canon EOS 20D, Lens Tokina 300mm f/2.8 Lens w/ 2xb & Hamma Adapter 1.26Total Focal length 1210 mm f/5.6. Photos taken with remote switch with camera mounted on a Velbon CX 687 Tripod. Exposures 1/500- 1.2 seconds, processed in Photoshop CS2.