{"id":10881,"date":"2025-03-14T10:53:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T14:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/?p=10881"},"modified":"2025-03-14T10:53:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T14:53:26","slug":"total-lunar-eclipse-20250314","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/2025\/03\/total-lunar-eclipse-20250314\/","title":{"rendered":"Total Lunar Eclipse 20250314"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is the camera setup we used last night for the total lunar eclipse.<\/p>\n

Skywatcher Star Adventurer on a tripod<\/p>\n

Ball joint head<\/p>\n

canon T7i DSLR with a 100-300mm zoom lens at 300mm f5.6<\/p>\n

a usb heater on the lens, a dew shield on the lens<\/p>\n

an intervalometer programmed for a 60 second interval<\/p>\n

a plastic “rain coat” for the camera.<\/p>\n

a small 5ah lithium battery pack with 5vdc output (meant to recharge smartphones) to power the heater
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I had big problems with focusing.. digital zoom all the way in, focused, but on release of the focus ring, it changed\/moved. then also it seemed to change by itself when nothing touched the setup. and then because the star adventurer was only loosely polar aligned and not levelled at all, the moon drifted a little during the hours and I released the ball joint to reposition it… and the focus changed again, even though I was careful not to go near it.<\/p>\n

The total eclipse image shows the top edge is much lighter and some stars did show as well. even at 2 sec at iso 800 the image was overexposed.<\/p>\n

All that said, I think it is still the best total lunar eclipse image I have ever taken!<\/p>\n

whens the next one????<\/p>\n

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