Total Lunar Eclipse December 21, 2010 Winter Solstice

Total Lunar Eclipse December 21, 2010
New York, NY Celestron 4SE telescope. All exposures were taken with Canon 40D. Backyard astronomy and digital astrophotography. Weather in New Your during the eclipse time was fantastic, but a little bit cold.

Total Lunar Eclipse Celestron NexStar 4SE Canon 40D

The eclipse of December 21 2010 Tuesday morning was the first total lunar eclipse to occur on the day of the Northern Winter Solstice - the shortest day and longest night of the year (Southern Summer Solstice) since 1638 (first time in 372 years), and only the second in the Common Era. That will not happen again until 2094.

The eclipse was the first total lunar eclipse in almost three years, since the February 2008 total lunar eclipse. It is the second of two lunar eclipses in 2010.

NYC Total Lunar Eclipse Celestron 4SE Canon_40D Brooklyn Astronomy

Total Lunar Eclipse Celestron 4SE Canon_40D Brooklyn Astronomy

Total Lunar Eclipse Celestron 4SE Canon_40D Brooklyn Astronomy

Total Lunar Eclipse Celestron 4SE Canon_40D Brooklyn Astronomy

Partial eclipse begins 1:33am EST
Total eclipse begins 2:41am EST
Middle of eclipse 3:17am EST
Total eclipse ends 3:53am EST
Partial eclipse ends 5:01am EST

Cloudy Lunar Eclipse NYC Brooklyn

Why couldn’t the astronaut book a room on the moon?

Because it was full.

--Astronomy Jokes

Cloudy Lunar Eclipse NYC Brooklyn

NYC Total Lunar Eclipse April 15 2014

Cloudy Lunar Eclipse NYC

Cloudy Spring Lunar Eclipse NYC 2014

Cloudy Moon

Lunar Eclipse as seen in Brooklyn April 15 2014

New York City Lunar Eclipse

Moon - Beginning of Lunar Eclipse 2014

Super Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse September 27, 2015 Brooklyn New York

Total Lunar Eclipse September 27, 2015 Brooklyn New York


Canon 60Da, Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L II USM Telephoto Lens, exposure 4 sec; f/5.6; ISO 640

Super Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse September 27, 2015 New York Brooklyn

Canon 60Da, Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L II USM Telephoto Lens, exposure 1 sec; f/5.6; ISO 640

Super Blood Moon New York City

Canon 60Da, Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L II USM Telephoto Lens, exposure 1 sec; f/9; ISO 320

Lunar Eclipse New York City

Cloudy Lunar Eclipse Brooklyn Astronomy

Cloudy Total Lunar Eclipse

Between clouds Total Lunar Eclipse

NYC Lunar Eclipse April 15, 2014

How does the man-in-the-moon cut his hair?
(Eclipse it!) 

NYC Total lunar eclipse will be on April 15, 2014

NYC Lunar Eclipse December 21, 2010

Penumbral eclipse begins:  Apr 15 at 12:55 AM

Partial eclipse begins:         Apr 15 at  1:59 AM

Total Eclipse begins:          Apr 15 at  3:08 AM

Maximum Eclipse:             Apr 15 at  3:46 AM

Total Eclipse ends:             Apr 15 at  4:23 AM

Partial Eclipse ends:           Apr 15 at  5:32 AM

Moonset:                            Apr 15 at  6:21 AM

Penumbral Eclipse ends:    Apr 15 at  6:36 AM

 
The weather forecast is not good for NYC at this time. But may be it will change, I hope.

Hawaii Lunar Eclipse Jan 20 2019

One more photo from vacation. In this case vacation was during full moon :(, but it also was total lunar eclipse :). Hawaii Lunar Eclipse Jan 20 2019.

Hawaii Lunar Eclipse Jan 20 2019

Canon EOS 60D, EF200mm f/2.8L II USM, f/4.5;   ISO 1000

Moonlight Astrophotography

Spring moonlight. This photo made during lunar eclipse in Brooklyn.

Spring Moonlight Astrophotography

This photo made in Iceland

Moonlight Northern Light Orion Astrophotography

Total lunar eclipse

Total Lunar Eclipse and Starry Sky

Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star. - W. Clement Stone

Supermoon wide field astrophotography canon 60da

Baily's Beads - Total Solar Eclipse April 8, 2024

 

Baily's Beads occur just before and just after totality of a solar eclipse. As the moon moves to cover the sun completely, the rugged lunar topography allows beads of sunlight to shine through in some places and not in others. These beads of light appear to flicker around the moon's edges and are named after Francis Baily, who provided an explanation of the phenomenon in 1836.

This is beginning of Total Solar Eclipse visible from Westport, New York April 8, 2024.

Baily's beards image sequence

Image sequence of Baily's beads (diamond ring) at the second contact was captured with Canon Ra with an EF200mm f/2.8L II USM lens and a 2x III extender.  Camera was mounted on an iOptron SkyTracker and orchestrated by SET'n'C (Solar Eclipse Timer and Controller). The six exposures were all short at 1/1000, ISO 200 with camera drive set on continuous at 1 frame per second. 

The beauty of Baily's Beads lies in their rarity. Solar eclipses themselves are rare events at any given location, and the Baily's Beads effect is visible for only a few seconds during the partial phases of an eclipse.

The Baily's Beads effect is a powerful reminder of the celestial mechanics at play. It highlights the perfect alignment of the Earth, Moon, and Sun, and showcases the irregular, rugged terrain of the Moon—factors that are both scientifically fascinating and visually captivating. The sequence of images not only serves as a document of a specific astronomical event but also as an artistic representation of the dynamic, ever-changing nature of our universe.

In essence, a sequence image of Baily's Beads captivates by blending the precision of astronomy with the wonder of natural beauty. It freezes a moment of cosmic ballet, offering a glimpse into the sublime, ephemeral interplay of light and shadow, celestial bodies, and the laws of physics—a dance that, despite its brief appearance, leaves a lasting impression of the awe-inspiring universe we inhabit.

Top 10 amateur astrophotography targets

There is my list of top 10 objects for beginners in astrophotography

1.    Milky Way
2.    Northern Lights and airglow and bioluminescence
3.    Star trails and/or photography of meteor shower
4.    Zodiacal Light
5.    Moon
6.    Sun
7.    Saturn
8.    Jupiter
9.    Solar Eclipse
10.   Lunar Eclipse

Milky Way View From Earth - Yellowstone

Night Scape Astrophotography Award Astronomyforum.net 3rd Quarter 2014

StarTalk radio chose my photo - Grand Teton Milky Way

Universe Today posted my image Yellowstone Astrophotography

Yellowstone Astrophotography photo was couple of days in Google News

NYC Solar eclipse photo was chosen by Yahoo news as Best-of Flickr week photo