Total Lunar Eclipse 9. November  2003

Moon's motion through the Earth's shadow

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Date: 09. November 2003
Time UT: 00:41:46, 01:17:45 and 02:00:13 for the Moon and 01:18:33 for the background shot
Location: Langhus, Norway. 
Altitude: Approx. 115m above sea level.
Latitude: 59°45'14"N
Longitude: 10°50'38"E
Seeing: 3/10
Transmission: 4/10
Temperature: -2
Camera: Canon EOS D60
Settings: ISO 200
Lens: Vixen R200SS w/Coma corrector (800mm @f4)
Filter: None
Exposure: 1 second for the Moon shots and 8 seconds for the background
Guiding: None
Digital enhancements: Digital development, unsharp mask and contrast adjustment. The three images where summed together using one of the stars as reference and then placed onto the starfield from the longer exposure using the same star as reference. The resulting images shows how the Moon moves through the shadow of the Earth!
Notes: The image show stars down to about mag. 12.

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Updated 20. November 2003