Deep in the Umbra | Simon Chung

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Photographer:

Simon Chung

Location of Photo:

Vancouver, Canada

Date/Time of photo:

3:43 AM PDT, Aug.28, 2007

Equipment:

- Borg 76ED refractor with 0.85x focal reducer (420mm @ f5.6 effective) - Nikon D50 DSLR @ ISO200 - Vixen GP-DX mount with Sky Sensor 2000

Description:

Taken almost mid-eclipse, the moon shows the rich reds of all the Earth's sunrises and sunsets. This was the darkest lunar eclipse I have ever seen!