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Total Lunar Eclipse - October 8, 2014

 

This was the second lunar eclipse of 2014, images of the April 15, 2014 eclipse and more information about lunar eclipse can be found here. Unlike the previous April 15th eclipse in which the entire eclipse was viewable from Houston, this time the moon set while still in the Umbral Eclipse phase at 06:22 (the Penumbral Eclipse finished at 08:33).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image & Equipment Details
 Date: October 7, 2014 22:30 to October 8, 2014 05:55 local time
(UTC/GMT -5 hours)
 Location: Houston, TX, United States of America
 Sky Conditions: Scattered clouds to partly cloudy with fog, temperature 27 to 21° C (80 to 69° F)
 Optics: MF Nikkor ED 300 mm 2.8 lens & Nikon TC-301 2x Teleconverter
 Mount: Stationary Manfrotto Tripod with Manfrotto 410 Junior Geared Head
 Camera: Nikon D300s
 Filters: None
 Exposure: 10 stacked exposures at Greatest Eclipse
 Processing: Photoshop CS5, Registax6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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