Lunar Eclipse, movement of Moon (Nov 8, 2022)
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Lunar movement during eclipse (Based on Umbra)
| Date & Time: | Nov 8 2022, composed 7 images from 18:20 to 21:40 JST(+0900) |
| Individual shots were HDR-composite of 5 to 9 shots
with Nik Collection HDR Efex Pro2, 1/1250 to 2sec. exposed each |
| Optical: | VIXEN 20cm(7.9") VISAC (f=1800mm, F9.0) |
| Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial |
| Digital Camera: | Nikon D810A |
| Location: | Furudono town, Fukushima 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 |
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Lunar movement during totality (Based on star field)
| Date & Time: | Nov 8 2022 19:20, 20:00 & 20:40 JST(+0900), 2sec. exp. |
| Mosaic of 3 flames |
| Optical: | VIXEN 20cm(7.9") VISAC (f=1800mm, F9.0) |
| Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial |
| Digital Camera: | Nikon D810A |
| Location: | Furudono town, Fukushima 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 |
The first image is an HDR composite image of the total lunar eclipse on Nov 8, 2022, which was composited according to the lunar position corresponding to each time based on the Earth's umbra.
The moon moves from right to left on the screen, showing the motion of the moon over a period of about 2 hours and 20 minutes relative to the Earth's umbra indicated by the dashed circle.
In this total lunar eclipse, you can see that the Moon passed north of the Earth's shadow in the northeast direction.
The second image is a mosaic composite of 3 images of the moon just after the beginning of the totality, the maximum of the eclipse, and just before the end of the eclipse, based on the background stars.
The image shows the names and magnitudes of stars of magnitude 8 or brighter.
The Moon during totality moved northeast about 40 arc minutes in eastern Aries, during which two occultations of 7th magnitude stars GSC1224.1264 and GSC1224.346 occurred.
Immediately after the totality ended, a Uranus occultation was observed as you can see at the left edge of the image.
