Photo of the Week # 470: The December 10, 2011 Lunar Eclipse
Observers and photographers from western Canada who braved the cold winter air on the morning of December 10 were treated to a beautiful total lunar eclipse, the last until 2014.
Bill Bujaki of Salmon Arm, British Columbia wasn’t too optimistic about being able to view the eclipse. For two weeks prior, clouds had prevented any celestial observations. Fortunately for him though, when he awoke at 4:45 a.m. on the morning of the eclipse his sky was clear. This is an 8-second exposure with a Canon XS DSLR on an 80mm f/6 Orion ED refractor piggy-backed atop a 9.25-inch Celestron Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope on a CGE mount.
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