This photograph shows the various phases of a total lunar eclipse from the moon outside of Earth's shadow, passing through the shadow, and coming out from the other side. The deep red color of the moon is caused by the sun's light passing through Earth's atmosphere. If you were on the moon, you would see a ring of sunsets all around Earth. I've always wanted to make one of these composites of a lunar eclipse and I finally did from this one. I had clouds to deal with so it's not perfect but I'm quite happy with the way it turned out.
Photographer: Rick Scott
Date / Time: January 20, 2019 at 8:27 - 11:59 PM MST
Telescope: Orion ShortTube 80 (80 mm f/5) refractor
Mount: Losmandy HGM Titan with Gemini 2
Camera: Canon EOS 60Da digital camera
Filter: Optolong L-Pro
Exposures: 1/125, 1/60, 1/15, 1/4, 2 sec at f/5, ISO 400 in raw mode
JaZ 2 Observatory
Software: Adobe Photoshop CS6 for RAW conversion and image processing
Updated: January 22, 2019