Lunar Eclipse 10-11 December

Despite most of the country being clouded out in one of the coldest (cold being relative ) Summers in 45 years I managed to get a break in the clouds for last nights eclipse. It started at 11.45 local time here in Sydney. I was finally clouded out at 1.30am when the moon was very dark indeed and could not be photographed through the thin cloud. I took these shots through a WO72 refractor with a Canon 450D.








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marvelous. Here we only could see the last shadow part (of course for us at the right upper corner) with the rising Moon very low above the horizon.

Fantastic I was following in in social media in various ways, then got a tiny view and a shot from Bray at 16:14 penumbra phase over the sea.


Deirdre Kelleghan
Vice Chair IFAS