Woke up this morning

[(*steve*)]

And look what I saw.



It was a bit cloudy.

 

[Bluejets]

mmmmm....could be the reason why so many crackpots around lately.

 

[(*steve*)]

It was soooo close to being a blue blood moon!

 

[davenn]

I missed totality clouded out

 

[davenn]

I have now missed 5 total lunar eclipses in a row

VERY unhappy chappie

 

[FuZZ1L0G1C]

Great shot Dave. Cassegrain?
Saw it through totality here near JHB from about 20H00 until around 00H30 ish.
Through 10x50 binocs (no tripod), got a clear view (took still photos on 60x handycam zoom but shake spoiled most to blurred streaks). Clear skies, but cold weather kept most indoors. Brrr!
I
V cropped & enlarged a bit then used Photo Express to 'Auto-Enhance' as moon in photo was darker & browner than true 'blood-red' seen thru 'nocs.
Think R/H was mars but came out bluish IPO bright orangey-red seen.
Could be a star..

 

[davenn]

Great shot Dave. Cassegrain?

thanks

naaa

Canon 6D, 100 - 400mm zoom @400mm, with a 2 x teleconverter (800mm total)

 

[davenn]

V cropped & enlarged a bit then used Photo Express to 'Auto-Enhance' as moon in photo was darker & browner than true 'blood-red' seen thru 'nocs.
Think R/H was mars but came out bluish IPO bright orangey-red seen.
Could be a star..

that blue dot to the left is a star, Mars was further to the left, out of the field of view in your cropped image

when I haven't had a tripod handy, I have held the camera against the side of a building,
up against a tree etc … helps lots