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Target Details
A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes directly behind Earth and into its shadow. This can occur only when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are exactly or very closely aligned, with Earth between the other two. A lunar eclipse can occur only on the night of a full moon.

During a total lunar eclipse, Earth completely blocks direct sunlight from reaching the Moon. The only light reflected from the lunar surface has been refracted by Earth's atmosphere. This light appears reddish for the same reason that a sunset or sunrise does: the Rayleigh scattering of bluer light. Due to this reddish color, a totally eclipsed Moon is sometimes called a blood moon.

On 21st January 2019 the eclipse followed the timeline below:

P1    02:37    Moon enters Earth's penumbral shadow

U1    03:37    First contact with the umbral shadow

U2    04:41    Moon is totally eclipsed

UT    05:12    Greatest Eclipse

U3    05:43    Totality ends

U4    06:51    Last contact with umbral shadow

P4    07:48    Moon leaves penumbral shadow


Capture Details
Data captured 04:42, 21st January, 2018.
Single 1 second exposure at ISO400.

Equipment Details
Skywatcher Quattro 200 CF
NEQ6 Pro
Nikon d7100

Processing Details
This image was processed in Pixinsight & Lightroom.
Histogram Transformation - To stretch the image, 3 small iterations.

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