eGreetz, Jeff... Nice evening up here in FH, also. I stood out on my balcony (top of the outside stairs) and watched the eclipse. I also had the live video going on U-tube on my laptop (the Coca-Cola web broadcast, from two observatories in Georgia...) Took some pix, fumbling around in the dark with my Canon DSLR and 250mm lens. Since I am too lazy (and/or stupid) to practice beforehand, I had to play around with the settings.... but nevertheless got a few pix. As the eclipse progressed, the sky got noticeably darker, and the stars came out.... hehehe THX for sharing your nice photos. Gene L. On 4/15/2014 12:21, Jeff wrote: > 14/15 April 2014 Lunar Eclipse > Last night here in Phoenix, Arizona was lovely. It was warm, shirtsleeve > observing. There was a gentle breeze. My puppies Blackie and Poppy keep me > company and enjoyed the night out. > > The lunar eclipse beganright on schedule. What was striking was how bright > the out-of-eclipse full Moon was. I used a Nikon D60 at F5/6 and ISO 1600 > mounted on a tripod. At full Moon the exposure was 1/2000 seconds. At full > eclipse it was 2.0 Seconds. What was also interesting was that during the > full Moon, very few stars could be seen naked eye. As the eclipse progressed > to the lower right (west) of the Moon, Spica, alpha Virginis in (Virgo) a > very bright blue star, became naked eye visible. > > At full eclipse 76 Virginis at the upper left of the Moon became visible. > Also worth noting, M104, the Sombrero Galaxy, just above and to the left of > Corvus, just to the west of the Moon was easily visible in 7X50 binoculars. > > See http://www.hposoft.com/Eclipse/Eclipse.html > > Jeff > Hopkins Phoenix Observatory > (187283) > Counting Photons > Phoenix, Arizona USA > www.hposoft.com/Astro/astro.html > -- > See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please > send personal replies to the author, not the list. > > > -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.