Continuous composed image of Total Lunar Eclipse (Nov 8, 2022)

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Date & Time: Nov 8 2022, from 17:50 to 21:20 JST(+0900)
Lighten mode composed 85shots with 2.5min. interval, exposed 0.8 to 1/320sec.
(Star field taken at 21:36, 15sec. exposed)
Optical: TAMRON 17-35mm Di OSD (f=17mm, stop: F5.6, F3.5 for star field shot)
Fixed on tripod
Digital Camera: Canon EOS 550D (Remodeled)
Location: Furudono town, Fukushima pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(5184×3456)
Sensitivity...ISO800, White Balance...Manual


This is a sequence of photographs taken during the total lunar eclipse on Nov 8, 2022, recorded for about 3 hours and a half. You can see how the eclipse progresses as it gains altitude in the eastern sky.
In addition, the starry sky photographed after the moon went out of the field of view is composited as a background image. Orion is rising in the eastern sky.



Lunar Eclipse, movement of Moon (Nov 8, 2022)
Eclipsed Moon with winter constellations (Nov 8, 2022)

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