August 28, 2007 Lunar Eclipse

As the eclipse approached, the clouds moved in spoiling things.

Cloud shot Another

Both the image on the right and the one below are 3 picture integrations and were imaged with a Nikon P2 held to the eyepiece of an 8" Celestron NGT reflector.

Another Image taken just before entering umbra.

Skies were not so good for the peak with thick haze and a limiting magnitude of about 3.

Had good skies last night into this morning and the meteors were abundant with several Perseids seen and imaged! I spent too little time focusing the high resolution camera, another lesson learned after the fact. Tracking and stability were good.