{"id":23260,"date":"2022-11-21T20:16:36","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T19:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/?p=23260"},"modified":"2022-11-22T16:53:51","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T15:53:51","slug":"colorful-eclipse-over-the-kitt-peak-national-observatory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/?p=23260","title":{"rendered":"Colorful Eclipse over the Kitt Peak National Observatory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_23262\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022_11_08_TLE_Trio_1500px.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23262\" src=\"https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022_11_08_TLE_Trio_1500px-800x600.png\" alt=\"Colorful Lunar Eclipse\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022_11_08_TLE_Trio_1500px-800x600.png 800w, https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022_11_08_TLE_Trio_1500px-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022_11_08_TLE_Trio_1500px-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022_11_08_TLE_Trio_1500px-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022_11_08_TLE_Trio_1500px-1440x1080.png 1440w, https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022_11_08_TLE_Trio_1500px.png 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-23262\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colorful Lunar Eclipse<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The 8 November 2022, a total lunar eclipse occurred over the Americas and Pacific. There I was allowed to observe this beautiful lunar eclipse from the <a href=\"https:\/\/visitkittpeak.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kitt Peak National Observatory<\/a>, a program of NSF\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/noirlab.edu\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NOIRLab<\/a>. The deep red color of this lunar eclipse (lower left) is believed to be the remains of the ash from the\u00a02022 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2022_Hunga_Tonga%E2%80%93Hunga_Ha%27apai_eruption_and_tsunami\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hunga Tonga\u2013Hunga Ha&#8217;apai volcanic eruption<\/a>.\u00a0The extent of the Earth\u2019s shadow can be seen. The &#8220;ozone fringe&#8221; in blue due to ozone absorption in the upper stratosphere of the Earth is seen to the right and left. Enjoy also the 85-minute totality in 19 seconds, as the following video is the result of continuous &#8220;timeplapsing&#8221; of the eclipse with Canon Ra, MTO 1000mm\/f10, ISO 640 and 6s exposures from Vixen GP2 mount (from which the extracted phases of the totality were used for the introductory lunar eclipse &#8220;triplet&#8221;).<\/p>\n<div class='embed-container'><iframe title=\"Total Lunar Eclipse on 8th Nov. 2022\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zQbngLU3uwg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Let&#8217;s move to a photographic story now. If you take a time-lapse sequence of a lunar eclipse and put the images together to get the trails of stars and the Moon, you might be surprised by what comes as result. Exactly this&#8211;a lunar eclipse trail, here over the <a href=\"https:\/\/noirlab.edu\/public\/programs\/kitt-peak-national-observatory\/nicholas-mayall-4m-telescope\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nicolas U. Mayall Telescope<\/a> of NOIRLab&#8217;s Kitt Peak National Observatory from its very beginning to the end, with central reddish totality. Just a few minutes before the partial eclipse ended, an observer from the telescope returned with his car down, creating a dramatic light show on the road. In the right upper corner, the Polaris star can be found nearby the northern celestial pole, while the stars on the left part belong to the majestic Orion constellation. The whole sequence took about 3,5 hours. The whole sequence took about 3,5 hours. Used Canon 6D, Samyang 12mm, f5.6, ISO 800, 379x30s.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23261\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022_11_08_Startrails_12mm_Mayall_1500px.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23261\" src=\"https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022_11_08_Startrails_12mm_Mayall_1500px-800x533.png\" alt=\"Lunar Eclipse Trail\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022_11_08_Startrails_12mm_Mayall_1500px-800x533.png 800w, https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022_11_08_Startrails_12mm_Mayall_1500px-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022_11_08_Startrails_12mm_Mayall_1500px-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022_11_08_Startrails_12mm_Mayall_1500px-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022_11_08_Startrails_12mm_Mayall_1500px.png 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-23261\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lunar Eclipse Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Enjoy also the view of the sky during the maximum of the total lunar eclipse on Nov. 8, 2022, over the dome hosts the 4-m Nicolas U. Mayall telescope of KPNO (NSF\u2019s NOIRLab) as the eclipsed Moon shines with its majestic reddish color on right, just below the Pleiades cluster. The Milky Way, dotted by star-forming regions, arches over the telescope, while low over the horizon, prominent \u201cribs\u201d of airglow can be seen. Truly a wild sky while the Moon was eclipsed! Technical details: Canon 6D, Sigma ART 35mm, f2.0, ISO 8000, a panorama of 10s single images (not tracked, from a durable tripod).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23265\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/iotw2245a.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23265\" src=\"https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/iotw2245a-800x549.jpg\" alt=\"Wild Eclipse Sky\" width=\"800\" height=\"549\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/iotw2245a-800x549.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/iotw2245a-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/iotw2245a-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/iotw2245a-1024x703.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/iotw2245a.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-23265\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wild Eclipse Sky<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_23266\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/iotw2246b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/iotw2246b-800x564.jpg\" alt=\"Eclipse and Milky Way arch over Mayall&#039;s Telescope\" width=\"800\" height=\"564\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/iotw2246b-800x564.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/iotw2246b-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/iotw2246b-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/iotw2246b-1024x722.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/iotw2246b.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-23266\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eclipse and Milky Way arch over Mayall&#8217;s Telescope<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And finally, enjoy the Virtual Tour version of this view:<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border-style: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/pannellum\/pannellum.htm#panorama=iotw2245g-fb.jpg&amp;autoRotate=-2&amp;autoLoad=true\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 8 November 2022, a total lunar eclipse occurred over the Americas and Pacific. There I was allowed to observe this beautiful lunar eclipse from the Kitt Peak National Observatory, a program of NSF\u2019s NOIRLab. The deep red color of this lunar eclipse (lower left) is believed to be the remains of the ash from&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/?p=23260\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23262,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1,9,12,11],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-23260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eclipses","category-milky-way","category-the-moon-and-lunar-phenomena","category-zodiacal-light-and-gegenschein","category-video-and-timelapse","tag-virtual-reality"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}