Lunar Eclipse, movement of Moon (Jan 31, 2018)

Date & Time:	Jan 31 2018, 20:55, 21:25, 21:49, 22:30, 23:10, 23:35, 24:06 JST(+0900)
	Composed 7shots, individual shots were HDR-composite of 6 to 9 shots with Nik Collection HDR Efex Pro2, 1/500 to 8sec. exposed each
Optical:	VIXEN 20cm(7.9") VISAC (f=1800mm, F9.0)
	Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial
Digital Camera:	Nikon D810A
Location:	Hiraiso, Hitachi-naka city, Ibaraki pref.

Camera Settings:	Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(7360×4912)
	Device Size...FX format (36×24mm)
	Sensitivity...ISO800, White Balance...Daylight

This image has been created by composing 7 shots of total lunar eclipse on Jan 31, 2018, aligned each position of taken times on the basis of the Umbra of the Earth. The Moon moved from right to left taking a little over three hours. The image indicates the movement of Moon relative to the Umbra shown as a broken circle. Maybe you can understand that the shadow edge of eclipsed Moon is indicating an outline of the Umbra from the image.

Progress of Lunar Eclipse, HDR composite images

Eclipsed Moon & Paesepe

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