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Partial Lunar Eclipse: Sept. 7, 2006

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Photographer

Hans Zekl

Location

Attendorn, Germany

Date

September 7, 2006, 21:26 CEST

Equipment

Canon EOS 30D digital SLR camera with 100-to-400-mm zoom lens set to 400 mm at f/5.6. Exposure time was 1/1000 second, ISO 500

Description

The final phase of this Eclipse.
 

Photographer

Rochelle Derilo

Location

Calamba, Laguna, The Philippines

Date

03:05 to 03:25 (UTC+8)

Equipment

Meade LXD75 SN-6 AT Schmidt-Newtonian reflector, Meade LPI

Description

This is a mosaic of 10 images, and each image is a stack of 24 frames. It's my first attempt in astroimaging. Hope you like it!
 

Photographer

Amol

Location

Pune,Maharashtra,India

Date

7/09/2006,00:00Hrs IST

Equipment

TELESCOPE.6-inch Newtonian reflector with a Sony Handycam TRV 140.

Description

A complete sequence of the partial lunar eclipse of September 7, 2006.
 

Photographer

Joseph

Location

Ghajnsielem, Gozo, Malta

Date

7th November, 2006

Equipment

A simple HP camera held steady on a wall.

Description

A simple night shot showing the partial lunar eclipse (of 7th September, 2006) ensuing in the sky above Mgarr harbour with the islands of Malta and Comino in the background.
 

Photographer

Amit Janorikar

Location

Pune, India

Date

8th Sept 06 12:23 am IST

Equipment

Canon S2 IS Digital Camera with 35-420 mm lens at f/4 set to 72 mm taken by hand. 1/640 sec exposure at ISO 200 with auto exposure compensation at -2 EV.

Description

Maximun shadow casted by the Earth seen from Pune.
 

Photographer

Peder Raatz-Pedersen

Location

Hundige Strand, Denmark

Date

Sep 7, 2006

Equipment

Nikon D70 with Sigma 70 - 300 mm APO lens and Manfrotto tripod.

Description

The image was taken overlooking a local bay (Køge Bugt) near Copenhagen International Airport. I saw a plane taking off and flying "towards" the Moon and waited until at was in front of it. Notice how the planes exhaust distorts the preceeding edge.
 

Photographer

John Corley

Location

Northumberland, UK

Date

7 Sept 2006 19.14 UT

Equipment

Canon EOS 10D with Sigma 210 mm zoom lens and a Vivitar 2x teleconverter.

Description

Rising already partially eclipsed, the Moon initially was invisible due to a low cloud bank to the East. Finally, it peeked out through the clouds and allowed me to grab afew shots. This is the best with some foreground detail adding the atmosphere.
 

Photographer

Anthony Ayiomamitis

Location

Athens, Greece

Date

2006-09-07 @ 21:51:21 UT+3

Equipment

Astro-Physics 160/f7.5 EDF refractor, on a 1200GTO mount , Canon EOS 300D digital camera.

Description

A wondeful view of the partially eclipsed Moon taken at eclipse maximum where the Moon had dipped 19% into the umbra.
 

Photographer

Anthony Ayiomamitis

Location

Athens, Greece

Date

2006-09-07 @ 20:51+ UT+3

Equipment

Astro-Physics 160/f7.5 EDF refractor, Astro-Physics 1200GTO German Equatorial mount, Canon EOS 300D.

Description

A wondeful sequence of the partially eclipsed moon taken at various stages.
 

Photographer

Laurent Laveder

Location

Treguennec, Bretagne, France

Date

09/07/06 7:00 PM UT

Equipment

Canon 350D DSLR with Sigma 70-300 APO lens at f/16 set to 200 mm on a tripod. 800. 1/6 second exposure at ISO 800 with auto exposure compensation at -2 EV.

Description

Around and inside the hoop, I have added the umbra and penumbra disks with Photoshop so that it's easy to consider the three diameters.
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