Last clouds before the eclipse
beginning of eclipse
The Moon with Saturn (left) and Regulus (above) at the beginning of the eclipse. Notice how the Moon will move relative to Saturn and Regulus to make a better triangle as the Moon reemerges from the Earth's shadow later in the night.
The Moon is turning red as the shadow dominates the orb.
Pleides constellation
Moon forming a triangle with Saturn (to the left) and Regulus of Leo (above). The triangle is closer to an obtuse isosceles triangle now.
overexposed to show detail in the shadowed area of the moon, as it emerges from the Earth's shadow.
Near perfect obtuse isosceles triangle as the eclipse is almost over.
The close up shots were taken by aiming a Sony DSC-W1 5MP camera into the eye piece of a Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. The digital camera was simply hand-held against the eye piece, so the setup was far from ideal, but the pictures came out pretty good nonetheless.
