Pembrokeshire Astronomer

Venus - Skywatcher 150mm/f8 refractor. “For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.” ―  Carl Sagan ,  The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

I lost this picture many months ago. Luckily I found it recently, hidden on one of our cd disks!!

I sat outside, early hours of this morning waiting for the total lunar eclipse. Huddled sitting on a rug, with blankets and warm clothing, hoping the clouds would move away. Luckily they did long enough for me to capture these images. I spent a lot of the time leaning against my chair nodding off....or using the binoculars to view the totality. It's wonderful to see stars in such close proximity to a full moon, the blackness of space around that shining lunar disk is a sight not often seen.. I took full advantage of it.