Photos: The Lunar Eclipse Through My Telescope

[Zorkorist]

Some guy on a telescope forum made this very very low magnification long exposure photo of the moon while it's eclipsing that includes all the stars and a few nebulae around it.

http://www.astropix.com/HTML/SHOW_DIG/Lunar_Eclipse_20101221.HTM

Freaking amazing.

He did something to the picture, because Orion's Sword looks like Orion's ****.



-John

 

[JMapleton]

He did something to the picture, because Orion's Sword looks like Orion's ****.

Look how clear his bottom moon photo was. He used a 130mm Astro-Physics. Those things are like 10 grand and have a 12 year waiting list.

 

[Zorkorist]

Yeah it is gorgeous.

It doesn't have your depth however.

-John

 

[Zorkorist]

Did he manipulate the shot that included Orion? Or was it just lens distortion? Because that is not the normal position of Orion's Sword.

-John

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Nice!

I played with your first pic for a bit more detail.

 

[Zorkorist]

The top photo is amazing. And I love it... but people are going to ask me why I call Orion's **** his sword.

Maybe I have not ever seen it this clear, and maybe our forefathers didn't either, but it sure looks like a **** and not a sword.

It's a gorgeous picture.

-John

 

[Zorkorist]

I love how Betelgeuse is Red too.

Doesn't take it an eclipse to be red.

-John

 

[indamixx99]

Wow, amazing shots OP! Thank You!!
Wish I could've seen this, however I'm also located in So Cal

 

[JMapleton]

Did he manipulate the shot that included Orion? Or was it just lens distortion? Because that is not the normal position of Orion's Sword.

-John

Hard to say, maybe it's the flat photo and the sky is more curved as it's in 3d when we look into the sky.

 

[Zorkorist]

In the top left of his photo, you can see two twin stars. I forget their name.

With naked eye, they are one star, but under magnification they are two stars.

One of my first "finds" in the night sky.

-John

 

[JMapleton]

Nice!

I played with your first pic for a bit more detail.

Nice, when taking normal photos I usually alter the photos before they're finished, I didn't with the moon photos, didn't have the time, I was doing it live.

Here are all my photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/54997543@N05/

Not that many, but I will be putting out a ton next year when I upgrade my gear.

 

[slayer202]

wow awesome

 

[Zorkorist]

Hard to say, maybe it's the flat photo and the sky is more curved as it's in 3d when we look into the sky.

I'm gonna go outside and look at his ****, I mean Sword.

-John

 

[Zorkorist]

Cloudy in Denver.

Not a star in sight.

-John

 

[Xcobra]

Decent photos. I wasn't really interested in this kind of thing. I saw it once on accident late at night a few years ago when I went outside at night. (One of the rare times I actually went into my backyard just for whatever) I don't feel I ever need to see it again.

I didn't know you were alive 400+ years ago. Good for you.

 

[JMapleton]

I'm gonna go outside and look at his ****, I mean Sword.

-John

ROFL good luck on that.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Great shots, thanks for sharing!

 

[Ninjahedge]

Last shot on #79 came out nice.

I also like the one where the corner is still lit, but the rest of the moon looks like it is slowly going to hell (like a scene from Supernatural or something! )