Eclipsed Moon & Praesepe (Jan 31, 2018)

Date & Time:	Jan 31 2018, from 22:22 to 22:25 JST(+0900)
	Composed 2 shots with 1 minute & a shot with 10sec. (at 22:12) exposed
Optical:	BORG 45EDII with a conversion lens (f=227mm, F5.1)
	Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial
Digital Camera:	Canon EOS 6D (Remodeled)
Location:	Hiraiso, Hitachi-naka city, Ibaraki pref.

Camera Settings:	Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 8bit TIFF(5472×3648)
	Device size...35×24mm, Sensitivity...ISO800

I could appreciate the totally eclipsed moon on Jan 31, 2018 at approximately 5 degrees southeast of an open cluster of M44, the Praesepe in the Cancer. This image shows you the fascinating Rendez-vous in almost its maximum magnitude, and a short-exposure lunar shot was composed to make desinating the features of lunar surface.

Lunar Eclipse, movement of Moon

Southern starlit skies during the total lunar eclipse

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