Eclipse and Airplane

Larry, that's an amazing video!! Congratulations on a great capture.

macnmotion

Larry McHenry wrote:
Hi All,

Great Eclipse tonight!

I also got lucky and recorded a jet flying thru the near total eclipsed
moon!

http://home.comcast.net/~lemaaap/vid...ane-0804pm.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~lemaaap/vid...me-110803a.gif

These were done using a 80mm f3 refractor and my Stellacam Ex at various
shutter speeds, and a red eyepiece filter.
The images were recorded at the telescope's prime focus to a JVC digital
camcorder and later captured indoors to a computer using a 'Snappy'.
Then used AstroStack software to combine images, apply unsharp mask,
adjust brightness/contrast. Used Adobe PhotoDeluxe to create jpgs and gifs.
Used UnFreez to create the animation from the gif images.

Larry McHenry

Video Website:
http://home.attbi.com/~lemaaap/vidcap/video1.htm


macnmotion wrote:

I caught a plane crossing a partially-eclipsed moon:
http://www.macnmotion.com/eclipse/eclipse32.jpg

Here's a sequence of the first half of the eclipse:
http://www.macnmotion.com/eclipse/firsthalfsteps.jpg

And here's an animation of the first half of the eclipse:
http://www.macnmotion.com/eclipse/firsthalfanim.gif

I'll finish the sequences tomorrow.

macnmotion