March 15, 2022 - The Lunar Eclipse

    I have done nothing astronomy related of late but the lunar eclipse prompted me to dust off my Cannon T5 rebel, 300 mm zoom lens, and tripod and give a go a photographing the eclipse.  I had to review the camera's manual to remember how to adjust the settings for night time photography.  I got a few decent shots but near totality I had trouble focusing on such a low light image so the images are a bit fuzzy.  Anyway here is what I got.

The beginning

  About half way

Start of the red coloration

About 3/4s eclipsed

Near totality

Totality

Others no doubt have better pictures but this my record of the eclipse.  Until next time....