08/29/2026
Despite NJ having terrible weather throughout the night of the lunar eclipse, the situation in Texas was much better. It was initially cloudy and was ready to pack it in but i got a message that the roofs were opening and I sprang into action.
Askar V - 270mm
ASI 183MM Pro + RGB filters
Exposure :35ms + Gain : 350
10s AVI created in ASICAP for each channel
top 80% of frames Stacked in astro surface
R,G,B subs combined to one RGB image in Photoshop
Post processing in Lightroom
Here's my shot taken at 11:21 close to eclipse maximum
starfront_observatories