3/4 Moon
April 8, 2006 — Pittsford, NY

This is a full disk shot of the moon, with the terminator near 3/4. Canon 20D and Televue Pronto 70mm Refractor. ISO 400, 1/100 second.

Closeup of some craters the same night.

Lunar Eclipse Sequence
October 27, 2004 — Pittsford, NY

This is a 3-1/2 hour composite sequence of a total lunar eclipse. 2 minute shots, ISO 100, F/22, 17-40mm f/4.0L at 17mm. Notice the blood red color during totality. And notice clouds and branches interfering.

Larger version; Version with 2-minute images spaced 4 minutes apart.
Last Year's 2003 Eclipse Gallery.

Moon 1
Prime Focus Televue Pronto, 10 images aligned, stacked and Richardson-Lucy deconvolution in Images Plus, resized in Photoshop 7. From Pittsford, NY.

Photographs of the Moon show most detail along the terminator, the region between the portion in sunlight and the portion in shadow.

Moon 2
Prime Focus Meade 8" LX200, one image, Richardson-Lucy deconvolution in Images Plus, unsharp masking and resizing in Photoshop 7. From Pittsford, NY.
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