Feb 21 2008

Lunar Eclipse, 2008

Category: Daily Events

Despite yesterday's bitter cold weather, it turned out to be clear enough for me to take a few photos of the lunar eclipse. These were 5-second exposures, taken between 22:00 and 23:30.

Here we see the fully-eclipsed Moon, and the bright star Regulus above it:

To the left of the Moon we can see Saturn. If you look very closely, you can see a tiny "bulge" on the lower left side of Saturn. This is actually Titan, the largest moon in the Saturn system.

Now the Moon is coming out of the eclipse: