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Photographer

Evelyn Lockwood

Location

Frankfort, KY My deck.

Date

2/20/08 8:45 to 10:45 p.m.

Equipment

Nikon 8800

Description

Eclipsed moon in very clear skies and 17 degrees F.
 

Photographer

Sean

Location

POughquag, NY

Date

9:18PM-10:16PM EST

Equipment

Nikkon ColorPix 6.0; Fotor Astral Observer Reflector Telescope

Description

Nothing Fancy: I snapped these three pictures of the 2-20-08 Total Lunar Eclipse with a hand held digital camera through the lens of my Fotar Reflector Telescope just before the clouds rolled in.
 

Photographer

Thomas Jacobs

Location

Woodstock, GA

Date

2008-02-20

Equipment

Celestron 114mm f/9 reflector. Imaged with a Sony Cybershot DSC-H1 digital camera afocally with a 32mm Plossl eyepiece. Exposures from 1/100 sec to 10 sec.

Description

Progression of the lunar eclipse as seen from Woodstock, GA. There were many clouds that made imaging difficult, and blocked the last stages of the eclipse from view. However, this mosaic shows the eclipse through totality.
 

Photographer

Kevin M. Koch

Location

Berlin, WI

Date

Feb 20, 2008

Equipment

Sony DSC-H2 on a tripod mount

Description

About halfway to totality, the first hints of red from refraction of the Sun's light through the Earth's atmosphere begin to highlight the Moon's surface.
 

Photographer

Alex Krohn

Location

Maracay. Venezuela

Date

2008-02-21 3:28Z

Equipment

Celestron C8 Classic. Meade 6.3 reducer/corrector. Meade 40mm Plossl, Ricoh Caplio GX100.

Description

The image shows the moon near mid eclipse, The contrast between the two zones, far and near Earth's shadow is evident.
 

Photographer

Peter J. Rosado

E-mail

peterjosue@gmail.com

Location

San German Puerto Rico

Date

9:40-10:40

Equipment

Meade ETX 60 BB, Sony DSC 90, lots of patience

Description

Took one picture every 10 minutes.
 

Photographer

Rick Ellbeg

E-mail

rico105@msn.com

Location

Worcester, MA

Date

2/20/08 2159

Equipment

Canon Digital Rebel XT on a tripod. 300mm lens

Description

Lunar eclipse in totality with Saturn in the lower left cornor
 

Photographer

Rick Ellbeg

E-mail

rico105@msn.com

Location

Worcester Ma

Date

2/20/08 2159

Equipment

Canon Digital Rebel XT with 300mm telephoto lense

Description

Please delete the prior photo I sent. I somehow copied someone elses photo and mixed it with mine. Sorry for the confusion. Below is my photo
 

Photographer

Otto Skalicky

Location

Toronto, Canada

Date

Feb.20, 2008, 22:06 EST

Equipment

Celestron Celestar 8 S-C telescope, 40 mm eyepiece, Nikon Coolpix 4300 digital camera (hand held to eyepiece in auto mode)

Description

About 5 minutes into totality, the colour in this photo was a surprise: more reddish than naked eye or in the eyepiwece.
 

Photographer

Zanne Blanton

Location

LaGrange, GA

Date

2-20-08, 10:08 PM

Equipment

Nikon Coolpix 5700, DCR-2020PRO telephoto lens, 1/2 sec - F/7.4, ISO 400

Description

Most of the time I had such cloud coverage I couldn't see or take pictures. This one was during the full eclipse.
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