The Lunar Eclipse, August 27-28, 2026

2026
Two nights prior, I took 20 x 120 second images of the background stars, calibrated, registered and aligned in PixInsight
On the night of the eclipse, using the same equipment, I captured the moon, using much shorter exposures, also capturing a few stars. I aligned the same two brightest stars from the previous night with the night of the eclipse to create the composite image

William Optics WhiteCat 51 quadruplet Petzval refractor
ZWO ASI 183MC Pro camera
SkyWatcher EQ6R-Pro Equatorial mount

Two nights prior, I took 20 x 120 second images of the background stars, calibrated, registered and aligned in PixInsight
On the night of the eclipse, using the same equipment, I captured the moon, along with a few stars. I aligned the stars from the previous night with the night of the eclipse to create the composite image