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Community photo entitled Colorful Lunar Eclipse by Petr Horálek on 03/14/2025 at Cerro Tololo, Chole

Colorful Lunar Eclipse

On 03/14/2025 04:00 am by Petr Horálek | Website | Cerro Tololo, Chole

I made it happen (with no sleep yet) to finalize today's lunar eclipse triplet, as the eclipse was truly beautiful over the CTIO Cerro Tololo observatory, Chile. Colors in the Earth's shadow were vivid, including the turquoise effect at the start and even end of the eclipse (where primarily the ozone layer causes a bluish tint, referring to Richard Keen's explanation from 2007). The effect was easily capturable on camera, but also nicely visible to binoculars. Full credit: Petr Horálek/CTIO (Cerro Tololo Observatory)/AURA/NFS/NOIRLab

Used Canon R5, 1000mm telephoto lens, 1,4x teleconverter, Vixen GP-2 mount, 8s exposures.

Three images blended in the triplet by registration to the stars in the foreground.