Low on the north-west horizon on a cold morning with snow lying on the ground.
1: 130mm refractor at 1040mm focal-length with a DSLR. 21st December 2010 at 06:41 UT. 1/250 second at ISO 400. Image cropped. The dark advancing umbra was seen through a gap in the cloud banks. Eight minutes after start of umbral phase.
2: 130mm refractor at 1040mm focal-length with a DSLR. 21st December 2010 at 07:38 UT. 8 seconds at ISO 400. Image cropped. The umbra was a orange colour, not seen to advantage with cloud. Three minutes before start of total phase.
High in the southern sky from Papeete, Tahiti.
The border and colour of the umbra was distinct. Note the orientation of the moon as seen from the Tropics.
70mm refractor (Pronto) at 480mm focal-length with a DSLR. 25/26th June 2010 at 01:38 local time (11:38 UT). 1/4 second at ISO 800. Image cropped.
Clouds dogged the eastern part of the sky, as a cold easterly breeze brought cloud in from the Irish Sea. The small umbra was dark, without colour, to the naked-eye.
Left: The partial phase, 19:47 UT. 1/1000 second.130mm refractor f/8 refractor used with a DSLR at ISO 400. Both images cropped. 31st December 2009.
Heavy rain gave way to an clearer interlude, that was still interrupted by clouds. The umbra was a orange-tan colour, even to the naked-eye. Photo taken from Skerries, Co Dublin. 85mm refractor at 600mm focal-length. 21.54 UT on 16th August 2008. 1/3 second. ISO 800. Image unprocessed. Note that the exposure was undriven!.
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3rd March 2007. The first image (4 seconds) was taken at 22:26UT and 22:42UT shortly before totality. The second image (8 seconds) was around mid-totality at 23:26UT, similiar to the naked-eye view. It was a bright eclipse with the mare visible at mid-totality. Imaged with a 130mm refractor operating at 1040mm focal-length with a DSLR camera set at ISO 400. The images have not been imaged processed in order to faithfully record the true brightness and colours. Taken from Sandymount, Dublin.
Taken on 7thSeptember 2006 from the seafront at Skerries, Co.Dublin. 70mm refractor (Pronto) operating at 384mm focal-length. ISO 200. Exposures left: 1/15 second; right: 1/60 second.
Taken on 9 January 2001 with a 1040mm focal-length 130mm refractor. The exposure was 40 seconds on Fujichrome 100. The moon was in a starry field in Gemini. From Oristown, Kells, Co Meath.
Taken on 1996 September 27 at 03:17 UT with a 480mm focal-length 70mm refractor (Pronto). Saturn appears as as over exposed star in the bottom left of the image. 15 second exposure on Fujichrome 400 slide film.
Both taken on 1996 April 3/4 with a 210mm camera lens. Fujichrome 100. First exposure unrecorded. The second one is 20 seconds at 23.55 UT. Both cropped. From the Sugar Loaf, Co Wicklow. Mist present.
Taken on 1990 February 2 at 19.17 UT with a 210mm camera lens. The exposure was 8 seconds on Fujichrome 100. The moon was low in the east in Leo. From Stepaside, Co Dublin.