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Tiangong Lunar Transit last night.

I had something other than Earth's shadow cross the moon last night. From my location Tiangong (The Chinese Space Station) crossed in front of the moon.
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Date: 9/17/2024
Camera: Canon Rebel T8i
Telescope: 110mm f/7 ED refractor (Orion)
Exposure: 1/4000sec at ISO 800
Eric you are the Man!! Cloudy out here.
 
Here are a couple images from the peak of last night's partial lunar eclipse.

Single exposure:
LunarEclipse-2024-09-17-LunarEclipse_LIGHT_00056S.jpg

HDR image of various exposures to show bright and faint features more like how the eye sees things. This is about how it looked in my 11x70 binoculars.
LunarEclipse-2024-09-17-HDR-LIGHT_00056-00062-P2C1S.jpg
 
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