Composite of Eclipsed Moon, Uranus, & Background stars

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Photographer:

astrobug

Location of Photo:

Mt. Hood, OR, USA

Date/Time of photo:

10/8/2014

Equipment:

Skywatcher Equinox 80ED, Orion 0.8X Reducer/Flattener, Fuji X-M1 camera

Description:

This is a composite of short (1.3s @ ISO 1600) and long (30s @ ISO 3200) exposures to simulate a telescopic/binocular view of the October 8th eclipse. The images were taken seconds apart, at about 3:56am PDT. Uranus is visible as the bright 'star' below and left of the moon.

Website:

flickr.com/astrobug