Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people

— Carl Sagan

JohnMiksits

Lunar Eclipse as seen in Clifton, New Jersey

By JohnMiksits at Sat, 01/26/2008 - 9:31pm

March 3, 2007  Lunar Eclipse
 
Clifton, New Jersey.  Taken with a Celestron SPC-6 attached to a Olympus Camedia C-4000.  There appears to be some sort of flaring in the photo. 

Lunar Eclipse as seen in Clifton, New Jersey

The Moon

By JohnMiksits at Wed, 01/23/2008 - 8:34pm

This picture was taken on September 1, 2005. Celestron SPC-6, Olympus Camedia C4000. That's all I can remember.  This is an example of Earthshine.  There was moonshine on Earth tonight!

The Moon