For those of you who missed it , I'm attaching here some pics of the partial LUNAR ECLIPSE
which commenced 8th Sep 2006 at 2335 hrs and continued till 0100 hrs.
Suggested viewing of pics :
a) Save onto your desktop.
b) View in series, full screen, progressively as ONE TWO THREE ...
c) Observe the Umbra and Penumbra as it develops.
d) Look for the Lunar Oceans and craters in image FIVE where they are clearly visible.
[ monitor resolution set to 1024 x 768 ]
Feel free to circulate these, and if you wish to have them in high resolution copies, let me know.
[ Average file size of each goes up to 4 MB ]
For those who may be interested in the technical aspects of how these images were captured :
a) Canon 350 D [ 8 Megapixel ] digital SLR body
b) f stop 16, exposure time of between 1 sec and 5 sec
c) Sigma 70 - 300 mm tele lens [ using special low dispersion glass and multi-layer lens coating ]
d) UV filter removed to prevent lens flare
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