Partial Lunar Eclipse
18-19 Nov. 2021

This lunar eclipse was not quite total -- the Moon just missed being completely inside the Earth's umbra. Since the Moon was also far from the Earth, this was hyped as an exceptionally long partial eclipse. Had it been just inside the umbra, it would have been a very short total eclipse!

The sky was cloudy virtually all week. It was not completely overcast, but most of the sky was covered by thin clouds and airplane contrails. Luckily, however, the clouds thinned for most of the eclipse interval. See the video for several timelapse views of the eclipse, including a wide-angle view which shows how much the sky darkened during the maximum eclipse as well as to see how lucky I was to have the clouds thin out.

Photo info (Wide-angle) Date/Time: 18-19 November 2021 Location: Vanishing Point Observatory Camera: Nikon D600 @ ISO 1600 Exposure: 5 sec. Lens/Scope: Sigma 15mm @ f/2.8 Filter: -- Mount: Skywatcher Star Adventurer Guiding: -- Image Processing: Lightroom

Photo info (Telescopic View #1) Date/Time: 18-19 November 2021 Location: Vanishing Point Observatory Camera: Canon RP (modified) @ ISO 200 Exposure: 1/5 sec. Lens/Scope: Borg 107F3.9 Filter: IDAS NGS1 (light pollution) Mount: Losmandy Titan Guiding: -- Image Processing: Photoshop / Lightroom

Photo info (Telescopic View #2 - video) Date/Time: 18-19 November 2021 Location: Vanishing Point Observatory Camera: Sony A7s + Nikon 2x teleconverter Exposure: (auto) Lens/Scope: Astrophysics 155 Filter: -- Mount: Losmandy Titan Guiding: -- Image Processing: --