Object Description: A total lunar eclipse occurs when the full moon passes through the Earth's shadow. The brilliant orange and red moon during totality is caused by the reflected sunlight of all the Earth's sunrises and sunsets. This particular eclipse occurred on the Winter Solstice, a relatively rare event. For a Windows Media movie of the event, click on the image to go to the movie webpage.

Telescope: Astro-Physics Starfire 130 APO
Camera: Canon 40D modified
Mount: ParamountME unguided
Filters: none

Date Taken: 20-21DEC2010
Location: Steve Pastor's house, Mayhill, NM
Sky Conditions: transparency 2/5, seeing 2/5
Image Acquisition: 1 single 5 second JPEG, iso200 using ImagesPlus 3.82

Image Processing: ImagesPlus 3.80 used for deconvolution. PSCS4 used for contrast enhancement, high pass sharpening, and color enhancement.