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Staying Up Late for the 2021 Lunar Eclipse

This Lunar Eclipse was very similar to January 2019’s, the most notable difference being that the red was nowhere near as vibrant as in ’19.

The string of consecutive pleasant-weather days and nights continued, though this late afternoon was tempting the streak.

Continuing the daily series this week of evening astrophotography sessions, tonight I focused completely on the Moon.

As promised, the Moon has appeared to creep closer to Venus.

This is a rare view of the Moon. Looking through my archives, the only time I photographed a similar phase was after the 2017 Solar Eclipse.

So I did what any amateur astrophotographer would do…I got out my iPhone, set it to “Pano” mode, and took the accompanying long picture.

I intentionally rerouted my evening walk so I could get a better perspective on both the Moon and Venus.

August 16, 2021 Paul 971 Views 0 Comments DSLR, Moon

On a side note, I missed the Perseid meteors this year as the sky was bad most of last week.

Why did I wait to 1am to photograph Saturn a few days ago? Because it had to clear the trees blocking my South sky view.

Though it was difficult at times to locate Saturn, I think the results were good.