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2007 Lunar Eclipse
On the evening of 28 August 2007, viewers across the world were treated to a spectacular Lunar eclipse. An eclipse of the Moon occurs when the Moon travels through the Earth's shadow. This eclipse was especially noteworthy because the Moon passed just below the centre of the Earth's shadow, resulting in the Moon glowing with a deep orange tint. The darkness of the tint is governed by the amount of dust in Earth's upper atmosphere.
 John snapped this sequence from Sandy Creek using a SkyWatcher HEQ5 Pro, ED80 and a Nikon D50. The images were taken at prime focus (f/7.5) at ISO200, with a shutter speed varying from 1/320 sec to 45 seconds. Image by John Forrest. |
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 Taken using Pentax K100D DSLR direct image via Vixen R200SS (f/4 Newtonian with Coma Corrector). Image by Alan Brinkworth |
 Taken from Adelaide using a Nikon D200, 55mm lens at f/6.3, ISO 400. The sequence is the true relative positions every 15 minutes. Image by John King. |
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 Taken with a Canon EOS 30D through a Meade 8-inch LX90 f/10 (f/6.3 focal reducer). Image by Tony Virgo. |
 Image by Paul Haese. |
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 Taken from Sandy Creek using a SkyWatcher HEQ5 Pro, ED80 and a Nikon D50. Image by John Forrest. |
 Taken with a Canon EOS 350D, 75-300mm zoom lens set to 160mm at f/5. 3.2 sec, ISO400 unguided exposure. Image by Phillip Pudney. |
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 Sequence taken with a Canon EOS 30D through a Meade 8-inch LX90 f/10 (f/6.3 focal reducer). Image by Tony Virgo. |
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 Sequence taken using an Olympus E-500 DSLR with a 500mm lens at f/8. Image by Damian Sparkes. |
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Fraser Farrell has put together a poster showing the effects of varying the exposure time.